Statutory Instruments
Overseas Territories
Sanctions
Made
16th December 2020
Laid before Parliament
23rd December 2020
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 16th day of December 2020
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations the Security Council of the United Nations has, by a resolution adopted on 14th October 2006, called upon Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom to apply certain measures to give effect to decisions of that Council in relation to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(1):
The Security Council of the United Nations adopted resolution 1718 (2006) on 14 October 2006 (“resolution 1718”). Paragraph 8(e) of resolution 1718 requires States to “take the necessary steps to prevent the entry into or transit through their territories of the persons designated by the Committee or by the Security Council as being responsible for, including through supporting or promoting, DPRK policies in relation to the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic missile-related and other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes, together with their family members”.