UK and its allies establish Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team

On 16 October, the UK Government, together with The Republic of Korea, Japan, the USA, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada and New Zealand gave a statement about establishment of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) (joined statement).

The MSMT will monitor and report on violations of sanctions measures set up in the relevant UN Security Council resolutions which the UK and other relevant countries will continue to implement.  Information about sanctions violations and evasions attempts will be published.

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