Strategic Panorama 2009 - 2010 - IEEE

Vicente Garrido Rebolledo
country putting an end to its military nuclear programme and returning to
the NPT (as a non-nuclear state) seem far off for the time being. Indeed,
one of the first crises President Obama has had to address is precisely
the nuclear crisis with North Korea stemming particularly from the second
nuclear test conducted on 25 May 2009 and followed by several ballistic
missile tests.
TABLE II
NORTH KOREA – DENUCLEARISATION ACTION PLAN (60)
• The agreement is to be implemented in a phased manner based on the Joint
Statement of 19 September 2005, following the fourth round of the Six-Party Talks.
• The plan is progressive («action for action») and consists of different phases, the
ultimate goal of which is to achieve early denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula
in a peaceful manner in accordance with the commitments made by the Parties in
the Joint Statement.
• The agreement of 13 February consists of an initial, 60-day phase of «action» and a
subsequent phase of «disablement».
• During the initial 60-day phase the Parties undertake as follows:
– North Korea will shut down and seal the Yongbyon nuclear facility, allow international
inspections and supply a list of all its nuclear programmes to the other
parties to the Six-Part Talks ;
– the other parties will provide an initial shipment of emergency energy assistance
equivalent to 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil. If the provisions laid down for the initial
stage are fulfilled, a further 950,000 tons of heavy fuel oil will be provided;
– five working groups will be set up and will meet over the next 30 days. These
groups will focus on denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, normalisation of
US-North Korea relations, normalisation of Japan-North Korea relations, economic
and energy cooperation and the establishment of a Northeast Asia Peace
and Security Mechanism;
– in the framework of the US and North Korea working group, the countries will
hold meetings aimed at settling «pending bilateral issues» and moving towards
full diplomatic relations;
– The United States will also examine the situation of North Korea on its list of states
that sponsor terrorism.
– o Once the initial actions have been implemented, the six parties will hold a ministerial
meeting to confirm implementation of the Joint Statement and explore
ways and means of promoting security cooperation in Northeast Asia.
– o The parties reaffirm that they will take positive steps to increase mutual trust
and will make joint efforts to achieve peace and stability in Northeast Asia. The
directly related parties will negotiate a permanent peace regime on the Korean
Peninsula at an appropriate separate forum.
(60) The full text of the agreement in English can be found at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/
ps/2007/february/80479.htm. parece que el link ya no está
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