[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 66 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 66

 Condemning North Korea's Decision to Withdraw from the Treaty on the 
                 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 1993

  Mr. Stark submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Condemning North Korea's Decision to Withdraw from the Treaty on the 
                 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Whereas the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, to which 156 
        states are party, is the cornerstone of the international nuclear 
        nonproliferation regime;
Whereas nonnuclear weapon states that are party to the Treaty on the Non-
        Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons are obligated to accept International 
        Atomic Energy Agency safeguards on all source or special fissionable 
        material within their territory, under their jurisdiction, or carried 
        out under their control anywhere;
Whereas the International Atomic Energy Agency is permitted to conduct 
        inspections in a nonnuclear weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-
        Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of any site, whether or not declared by 
        that state, to ensure that all source or special fissionable material in 
        that country is under safeguards;
Whereas North Korea is a nonnuclear weapon state which acceded to the Treaty on 
        the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in December 1985;
Whereas North Korea, after acceding to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of 
        Nuclear Weapons, refused until 1992 to accept International Atomic 
        Energy Agency safeguards as required under the Treaty on the Non-
        Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
Whereas International Atomic Energy Agency inspections of North Korea's nuclear 
        materials strongly suggest that North Korea has produced more bomb-grade 
        material than it has declared;
Whereas North Korea has not given a scientifically satisfactory explanation of 
        this discrepancy;
Whereas North Korea refused to provide International Atomic Energy Agency 
        inspectors full access to 2 sites for the purposes of verifying its 
        compliance with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
Whereas, when called upon by the International Atomic Energy Agency to provide 
        such full access as required by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of 
        Nuclear Weapons, North Korea announced its intention to withdraw from 
        the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, effective after 
        the required three months notice; and
Whereas such withdrawal is unprecedented in the history of the Treaty on the 
        Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and undermines the strength of the 
        international nuclear nonproliferation regime: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) strongly supports the International Atomic Energy 
        Agency's right to conduct inspections of any site in a 
        nonnuclear weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-
        Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
            (2) condemns North Korea's decision to withdraw from the 
        Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
            (3) urges the United Nations Security Council to insist 
        that North Korea provide the International Atomic Energy Agency 
        with full access before its official withdrawal from the Treaty 
        on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons takes place;
            (4) urges the United Nations Security Council to impose 
        sanctions on North Korea, should it continue to refuse to 
        provide this access; and
            (5) calls on the President of the United States and the 
        international community to take steps to strengthen the 
        international nuclear nonproliferation regime.

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