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<\/p>\nJanuary 6, 2018 11:02<\/p>\n
Ethiopia details measures prior to passage of Resolution demanding laborer repatriation<\/p>\n
Hamish Macdonald<\/p>\n
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Ethiopia\u2019s Ministry of Labour and Social affairs has frozen dozens of work permits issued to North Korean nationals in line with UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions, according to the government\u2019s implementation report submitted to the 1718 Committee.<\/p>\n
The report, dated November 28, was recently uploaded by the Committee and covers UNSC resolutions 2371 and 2375, both passed in 2017.<\/p>\n
The report was the third submitted by Ethiopia in 2017 and its third in total, despite requirements to file reports in previous years.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the adoption of resolution 2375 (2017), the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has further frozen the issuance of work permits to 40 nationals of the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea that were in the pipeline,\u201d the report reads.<\/p>\n
It also reports that 15 work permits were issued to North Korean citizens prior to May 2017, of which three have now expired.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the context of relevant Security Council resolutions, the Ministry has been directed not to renew the work permits of nationals of the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea who were working in Ethiopia,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Ministry has not renewed the work permits of nationals of the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea in the country,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
UNSC Resolution 2375 \u2013 passed on September 11, 2017 \u2013 decided that member states are prohibited from issuing work permits for North Korean citizens in their territories or jurisdictions.<\/p>\n
The decision, however, did not apply to work authorizations for which written contracts were already completed prior to September 11.<\/p>\n
December 22 saw the UNSC adopt Resolution 2397, which imposes stricter sanctions on North Korea labor overseas.<\/p>\n
Resolution 2397 states that countries are required to repatriate all North Korean nationals earning income in their jurisdictions, as well as \u201cattach\u00e9s monitoring DPRK workers abroad,\u201d no later than December 22 of 2019.<\/p>\n
The resolution implicitly expects that at least 50 percent of the North Korean worker population in foreign countries should be removed by December 22, 2018.<\/p>\n
It also states that countries will have to submit a report within 15 months detailing all DPRK nationals earning income in the country that were deported in the 12 month period since the resolutions\u2019\u00a0adoption.<\/p>\n
Reports will\u00a0also have to include \u201can explanation of why less than half of such DPRK nationals were repatriated by the end of that 12 month period if applicable.\u201d<\/p>\n
The implementation report also notified the Committee that the Bank of Ethiopia has been directed to reduce the number of bank accounts held by North Korean diplomats as per UNSC sanctions \u2013 an aspect it said it was working on in its previous implementation report submitted in July.<\/p>\n
It did, however, ask \u201cfor further guidance on measures to be taken in relation to the inactive bank accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n
North Korea-Ethiopia diplomatic relations date back to the mid-1970s and bilateral ties have traditionally focused heavily on military\u00a0cooperation \u2013 though Addis Ababa has long denied such cooperation continues.<\/p>\n
This has involved the training by Pyongyang of local militias and special forces, as well as the supply of munitions,\u00a0tanks, Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), and artillery.<\/p>\n
North Korea has also helped set up two arms factories in Ethiopia, one near Ambo and the other near Debre Zeyit.<\/p>\n
It also likely continued to purchase military goods from North Korea into the mid to late 2000s,\u00a0though Wikileaks cables show\u00a0that Ethiopia did request information from the U.S. on possible alternative suppliers.<\/p>\n
The UN Panel of Experts (PoE) tasked with monitoring DPRK sanctions implementation reported on potential arms-related illicit links between North Korea and Ethiopia in its 2014 and 2015 reports.<\/p>\n
Ethiopian Airlines was also involved in transporting a shipment of North Korea arms seized by South African authorities in 2009, which included five tonnes of equipment including tanks and armored engines.<\/p>\n
The panel has also investigated the potential involvement of Ethiopia in exporting luxury goods to the DPRK, but was reportedly unable to corroborate reports.<\/p>\n
Edited by Oliver Hotham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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