Pyongyang, October 26 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the National
Coordinating Committee of the DPRK for Anti-Money Laundering and
Combating the Financing of Terrorism gave the following answer to a
question raised by KCNA Wednesday in connection with the fact that the
U.S. and its vassal forces are inciting the atmosphere of putting
financial sanctions on the DPRK even by setting in motion the
international financial supervision organization:
The plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force on Anti-Money
Laundering that was held in Paris from Oct. 19 to 21 adopted again a
"public statement" in which the DPRK was listed as "a state subject to
countermeasures".
We strongly denounce and reject the "public statement" full of
hostility toward the DPRK as part of the moves of the U.S. and its
vassal forces to impose sanctions on the DPRK and stifle it.
What should not be overlooked is that they are enforcing the UN
Security Council's "resolutions on sanctions" on the DPRK upon the UN
member nations as an "international standard" by letting the
organization throw away "universality" and "impartiality", the
principles called for by it in its activities.
The UNSC's "resolutions on sanctions" on the DPRK are illegal
documents cooked up by the U.S. and its vassal forces to encroach upon
the independence and the right to existence of the sovereign state in
defiance of the UN Charter and the norms of international law, and a
product of criminal acts against humanity and human rights.
Out of its consistent stand against money laundering and financial
support for terrorism and the proliferation of the weapons of mass
destruction, the DPRK, in close collaboration with the Asia-Pacific
Regional Group on Money Laundering, took almost all action measures
consistent with international standard such as the adoption of the Law
on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism,
modification and supplementation of the criminal law and enhancement of
the responsibility and role of financial information and supervision
institutions. It also has fulfilled its responsibilities by submitting
detailed reports on them to the international financial supervision
organization.
However, the plenary meeting of the organization adopted the "open
statement" envisaging a total stop to banking transactions, not
mentioning even a word about the sincere efforts made by the DPRK to
implement the international standard, thereby clearly proving that the
organization has been abused for the political purposes of the U.S. and
its vassal forces to build an international network of financial
blockade against the DPRK.
Under such situation, we will also take necessary countermeasures to cope with it. -0-
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