Governance Area: WMD Non-Proliferation
The OCGG Security Section's Governance Area on WMD Non-Proliferation aims at countering WMD proliferation.
The UN squaring up to North Korea
by Aurélien Vallier and Magdalena Ji-in Seol
The adoption of United Nations Security Council resolution 1718 on 14 October 2006 constitutes a watershed for the global WMD non-proliferation regime. Less than a week after North Korea became the world’s 9th nuclear power by conducting an underground nuclear test, the Security Council imposed sanctions against the world’s possibly greatest nuclear threat and certainly most challenging regime.
OCGG Security Briefing No 7 (PDF)
UNSC Resolution 1718 (PDF)
Recent Publications
Aurélien Vallier, OCGG Governance Area Manager, and Magdalena Ji-in Seol, OCGG Advice Program Manager, comment upon the UN response to the North Korean nuclear test in OCGG Security Briefing No 7.
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