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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, during the meeting held in Pyongyang between 25 and 27 November of last year within the framework of the political dialogue, the European troika emphasised the most important parts of the European Union’s strategies towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – strategies which had been approved by the Council at its meetings on 9 October and 20 November.
Allow me just briefly to mention the three most important of these strategies. First of all, the European Union’s support for work on achieving lasting peace between the two Korean States. Secondly, the importance of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s adopting a responsible attitude when it comes to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, as well as putting a stop to exports of missiles. Thirdly, respect for the UN’s Convention on Human Rights.
When it comes to establishing diplomatic relations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Council agreed on 20 November of last year that the interested parties must consult between themselves and inform the Council of the content of their discussions with Pyongyang.
The Council has repeatedly urged the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to comply fully with its commitments under the Non-Proliferation Treaty and cease to produce, test or export any missiles or missile technology. The European Union has also called upon the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Furthermore, the European Union has informed the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that it expects concrete measures to be taken on these issues.
In all contacts with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the European Union has emphasised its great concern about the serious violations of human rights in the country, about the number of political prisoners, about the absence of national legislation and about the Korean authorities’ refusal to cooperate with international mechanisms in defence of human rights. Demands have been made for improvements on these issues.
We shall continue to highlight the importance of these issues. The European Union welcomes the decision by the Democratic People’s Republic to resume its reporting under the UN Convention on Civil and Political Rights during the year 2000 and hopes that the country will now, on the basis of its own report, be able to enter into a useful and constructive dialogue with the UN Human Rights Committee
On the issue of measures to be taken, the Council has called upon the Commission to begin dealing with the issue of technical measures of support which may be taken within those sectors to which priority has been given. The Council and the Commission will, as soon as possible, be examining what measures are possible in order to open the European market to North Korean products. Feasibility studies will be conducted in those areas regarded as having priority. The European Union will make efforts to extend the political consultations with the Republic of Korea, whose efforts to effect a rapprochement between the two Korean States are fully supported by the European Union. It is also a question of establishing areas in which joint measures might be taken, for example on the issue of technical aid and economic cooperation with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea."@en1
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