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NEW YORK, March 23 (KUNA) -- UN Security Council renewed the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the sanctions' committee amid the threat the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) poses.
The Council, chaired by British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson, unanimously adopted resolution 2345, extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts, assisting the 1718 DPRK Sanctions Committee until April 24, 2018.
The resolution requests the Panel of Experts to provide to the Committee a planned program of work no later than 30 days after the Panel's reappointment, and encouraged the Committee to engage in regular discussions about this program of work and to engage regularly with the Panel about its work.
The UN Security Council condemned in earlier occasions the continuous ballistic missile launches, expressing serious concern over the DPRK's increasingly destabilizing behavior and defiance.
The 15-member body also issued a statement earlier this month reiterating that the DPRK shall refrain from further actions, including nuclear tests, in violation of the relevant Security Council resolutions, and comply fully with its obligations under these resolutions. (end)
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