俄羅斯果然出手了：最新製裁草案中，放寬了對航空燃料的禁止！

http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/UN-to-vote-on-North-Korea-sanctions-Wed.-draft-revised-to-ease-fuel-ban

最新的草案中，關於對航空燃料的禁止，進出朝鮮的民用航空不在被禁止之內。朝鮮礦業貿易公司在俄羅斯的代表被排除在黑名單之外。

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote on Wednesday morning to adopt a new sanctions resolution against North Korea, the U.S. mission said on Tuesday.

     The vote on the U.S.-drafted document was expected Tuesday after the U.S. had made a request to council chair Angola to take action. Russia invoked a 24-hour review procedure to go over the document's proposals, the U.S. mission said.

 

 

     The draft resolution, meanwhile, underwent a few changes from the initial version presented last week by the United States. It now includes an exception to the export ban on aviation fuel and a Russia-based North Korean official of an arms exporting body has been removed from the document's blacklist.

     The new resolution is in response to North Korea's latest nuclear test in January and its rocket launch the following month using ballistic missile technology, both of which are banned for the country under past resolutions.

     In addition to tightening existing financial sanctions against North Korea, the resolution requires inspection of all cargo in transit to or from the country, among other measures.

     On the aviation fuel ban, the final version says it does not apply to the sale or supply of fuel to civilian passenger aircraft outside North Korea for flights to the country and return service.

     Removed from the list of individuals subject to a travel ban and asset freeze is a representative in Russia of Korea Mining Development Trading Corp. (KOMID), an entity known for exporting weapons from North Korea. A total of 16 individuals are blacklisted in the revised draft, rather than the 17 that were proposed in an earlier version.

     These changes surfaced after Russia had said it needed time to go through the draft last week, while all 14 of the other council members were ready for its adoption, diplomats said.

     Regarding the draft, Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters Tuesday that they had a few "issues to take care of" and discussed them with the U.S. delegation. "I think they accommodated some of our concerns," he said.

     On the KOMID official, the envoy said, "He is not even in Russia and that is the problem."