[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 85 (Monday, May 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 24585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11935]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 2798]
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Imposition of Missile
Proliferation Sanctions Against Entities in North Korea and Pakistan
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Government has determined that entities in
North Korea and Pakistan have engaged in missile technology
proliferation activities that require imposition of sanctions pursuant
to the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, and the Export
Administration Act of 1979, as amended (as carried out under Executive
Order 12424 of August 19, 1994).
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vann H. Van Diepen, Office of Chemical, Biological and Missile
Nonproliferation, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of
State, (202-647-1142).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 73(a)(1) of the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(1)), Section 11B(b)(1) of the
Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app. 2401b(b)(1)), as
carried out under Executive Order 12924 of August 19, 1994 (hereinafter
cited as the ``Export Administration Act of 1979''), and Executive
Order 12851 of June 11, 1993, the United States Government determined
on April 17, 1998, that the following foreign persons have engaged in
missile technology proliferation activities that require the imposition
of the sanctions described in Sections 73(a)(2) (B) and (C) of the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(2) (B) and (C)) and Sections
11B(b)(1)(B) (ii) and (iii) of the Export Administration Act of 1979
(50 U.S.C. app. 2410b(b)(1)(B) (ii) and (iii)) on these entities:
1. Changgwang Sinyong Corporation (a.k.a. North Korea Mining
Development Trading Corporation) (North Korea) and its sub-units,
successors, and affiliated companies; and
2. Khan Research Laboratories (Pakistan) and its sub-units and
successors.
Accordingly, the following sanctions are being imposed on these
entities:
(A) New individual licenses for export to the entities described
above of items controlled pursuant to the Export Administration Act of
1979 will be denied for two years;
(B) New licenses for export to the entities described above of
items controlled pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act will be denied
for two years;
(C) No United States Government contracts involving the entities
described above will be entered into for two years; and
(D) No products produced by the entities described above will be
imported into the United States for two years.
With respect to items controlled pursuant to the Export
Administration Act of 1979, the export sanction only applies to exports
made pursuant to individual export licenses.
Additionally, because of the definition of ``person'' in section
74(8)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(8)(B)) and
North Korea's status as a country with a non-market economy that is not
a former member of the Warsaw Pact, the following sanctions shall be
applied to all activities of the North Korean government relating to
the development of production of missile equipment or technology and
all activities of the North Korean government affecting the development
or production of electronics, space systems or equipment, and military
aircraft:
(A) New licenses for export to the government activities described
above of items controlled pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act will
be denied for two years;
(B) No U.S. Government contracts involving the government
activities described above will be entered into for two years; and
(C) No products produced by the government activities described
above will be imported into the United States for two years.
These measures shall be implemented by the responsible agencies as
provided in Executive Order 12851 of June 11, 1993.
Dated: April 24, 1998.
Eric D. Newsom,
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs.
[FR Doc. 98-11935 Filed 5-1-98; 8:45 am]
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