S/RES/2397 (2017)
United Nations
Security Council
Distr.: General
22 December 2017
Resolution 2397 (2017)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 8151st meeting, on
22 December 2017
The Security Council,
Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, including resolution 825 ( 1993),
resolution 1695 (2006), resolution 1718 (2006), resolution 1874 (2009), resolution
1887 (2009), resolution 2087 (2013), resolution 2094 (2013), resolution 2270 (2016),
resolution 2321 (2016), resolution 2356 (2017), resolution 2371 (2017), resolution
2375 (2017), as well as the statements of its President of 6 October 2006
(S/PRST/2006/41), 13 April 2009 (S/PRST/2009/7), 16 April 2012
(S/PRST/2012/13), and 29 August 2017 (S/PRST/2017/16),
Reaffirming that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, as
well as their means of delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and security,
Expressing its gravest concern at the ballistic missile launch by the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea (“the DPRK”) on 28 November 2017 in violation of
resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016) 2321
(2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), and 2375 (2017) and at the challenge such a test
constitutes to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (“the NPT”) and
to international efforts aimed at strengthening the global regime of non -proliferation
of nuclear weapons, and the danger it poses to peace and stability in the region and
beyond,
Underlining once again the importance that the DPRK respond to other security
and humanitarian concerns of the international community including the necessity of
the DPRK respecting and ensuring the welfare, inherent dignity, and rights of people
in the DPRK, and expressing great concern that the DPRK continues to develop
nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by diverting critically needed resources away
from the people in the DPRK at tremendous cost when they have great unmet needs,
Acknowledging that the proceeds of the DPRK’s trade in sectoral goods,
including but not limited to coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore, textiles, seafood, gold,
silver, rare earth minerals, and other prohibited metals, as well as the revenue
generated from DPRK workers overseas, among others, contribute to the DPRK’s
nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs,
Expressing its gravest concern that the DPRK’s ongoing nuclear- and ballistic
missile-related activities have destabilized the region and beyond, and determining
that there continues to exist a clear threat to international peace and security,
17-23207 (E)
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