Resolution 1718 (2006) Adopted by the Security Council at its 5551st meeting, on14 October 2006The Security Council,Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, including resolution 825 (1993),resolution 1540 (2004) and, in particular, resolution 1695 (2006), as well as thestatement of its President of 6 October 2006 (S/PRST/2006/41),Reaffirming that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, aswell as their means of delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace andsecurity,Expressing the gravest concern at the claim by the Democratic People'sRepublic of Korea (DPRK) that it has conducted a test of a nuclear weapon on9 October 2006, and at the challenge such a test constitutes to the Treaty on theNon-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and to international efforts aimed atstrengthening the global regime of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and thedanger it poses to peace and stability in the region and beyond,Expressing its firm conviction that the international regime on thenon-proliferation of nuclear weapons should be maintained and recalling that theNORTH KOREA cannot have the status of a nuclear-weapon state in accordance with theTreaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,Deploring the DPRK's announcement of withdrawal from the Treaty on theNon-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and its pursuit of nuclear weapons,Deploring further that the DPRK has refused to return to the Six-Party talkswithout precondition,Endorsing the Joint Statement issued on 19 September 2005 by China, theNORTH KOREA, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States,Underlining the importance that the DPRK respond to other security andhumanitarian concerns of the international community,Expressing profound concern that the test claimed by the DPRK has generatedincreased tension in the region and beyond, and determining therefore that there is aclear threat to international peace and security, S/RES/1718 (2006)2 6-57207Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, and takingmeasures under its Article 41, 1. Condemns the nuclear test proclaimed by the DPRK on 9 October 2006in flagrant disregard of its relevant resolutions, in particular resolution 1695 (2006),as well as of the statement of its President of 6 October 2006 (S/PRST/2006/41),including that such a test would bring universal condemnation of the internationalcommunity and would represent a clear threat to international peace and security; 2. Demands that the DPRK not conduct any further nuclear test or launch ofa ballistic missile; 3. Demands that the DPRK immediately retract its announcement ofwithdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; 4. Demands further that the DPRK return to the Treaty on theNon-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) safeguards, and underlines the need for all States Parties to the Treaty onthe Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to continue to comply with their Treatyobligations; 5. Decides that the DPRK shall suspend all activities related to its ballisticmissile programme and in this context re-establish its pre-existing commitments to amoratorium on missile launching; 6. Decides that the DPRK shall abandon all nuclear weapons and existingnuclear programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, shall actstrictly in accordance with the obligations applicable to parties under the Treaty onthe Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the terms and conditions of itsInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards Agreement (IAEAINFCIRC/403) and shall provide the IAEA transparency measures extending beyondThese requirements, including such access to individuals, documentation,equipments and facilities as may be required and deemed necessary by the IAEA; 7. Decides also that the DPRK shall abandon all other existing weapons ofof mass destruction and ballistic missile programme in a complete, verifiable andirreversible manner; 8. Decides that: (a) All Member States shall prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale ortransfer to the DPRK, through their territories or by their nationals, or using theirflag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in their territories, of: (i) Any battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large calibre artillerysystems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missilesystems as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register onConventional Arms, or related materiel including spare parts, or items asdetermined by the Security Council or the Committee established by paragraph12 below (the Committee); (ii) All items, materials, equipment, goods and technology as set out in thelists in documents S/2006/814 and S/2006/815, unless within 14 days ofadoption of this resolution the Committee has amended or completed theirprovisions also taking into account the list in document S/2006/
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