UN Votes To Impose New Sanctions Against North Korea

On 22 December 2017, the UN Security Council (UNSC) unanimously voted to imposed new sanctions on North Korea following its intercontinental ballistic missile test in November. The UNSC adopted Resolution 2397 (2017), which seeks to limit North Korea's access to refined petroleum products and crude oil, and its earnings from workers abroad. The measures involve the following:

1. North Korea's imports of refined petroleum have been capped to 500,000 barrels for 12 months starting on 1 January 2018;
2. North Korea's imports of crude oil have been capped at 4 million barrels for 12 months as of 22 December 2017;
3. Expansion of sectoral sanctions by introducing a ban on the export of food and agricultural products, machinery, electrical equipment, earth and stone, wood and vessels from North Korea;