[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 19 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 19

 Condemning North Korea's Decision to Withdraw From the Treaty on the 
                  Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 23 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

Mr. Lieberman submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Condemning North Korea's Decision to Withdraw From the Treaty on the 
                  Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Whereas the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons of 1968, to which 
        one hundred and fifty-six states are party, is the cornerstone of the 
        international nuclear nonproliferation regime;
Whereas non-nuclear-weapon states that are party to the Treaty on the 
        Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons are obligated to accept 
        International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards on all sources of 
        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 non-nuclear-weapon state party to the Treaty on the 
        Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons of any site, whether or not declared 
        by that state, to ensure that all source of special fissionable material 
        in that country is under safeguards;
Whereas North Korea is a non-nuclear-weapon state which ratified the Treaty on 
        the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons in December, 1985;
Whereas North Korea, after ratifying the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of 
        Nuclear Weapons, refused until 1992 to accept International Atomic 
        Energy Agency safeguards as required under the Treaty on the 
        Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
Whereas International Atomic Energy Agency inspections of North Korea's nuclear 
        materials indicate 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 has refused to provide International Atomic Energy Agency 
        inspectors full access to two sites for the purposes of verifying its 
        compliance with the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
Whereas, under pressure from the International Atomic Energy Agency to provide 
        this full access, North Korea announced its intention to withdraw from 
        the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, effective June 
        11; and
Whereas this withdrawal is unprecedented in the history of the Treaty on the 
        Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons and undermines the strength of the 
        international nuclear nonproliferation regime: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring) 
That the Congress--
            (1) strongly supports the International Atomic Energy 
        Agency's right to conduct inspections of any site in a non-
        nuclear-weapon state party to the Treaty on the 
        Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
            (2) condemns North Korea's decision to withdraw from the 
        Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
            (3) urges the United States 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 Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons on June 12, 1993;
            (4) urges the United States 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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