개성공단 및 금강산관광 사업 재개와 UN 안보리 결의

Abstract

In order to resume the Kaesung Industrial Complex project and Kumkang Mountain Tour program between the South and North Koreas, we need to find ways to prevent any conflicts with UN Security Council resolutions and the U.S. unilateral sanctions against the North Korea. Any investment protection mechanism and establishment of banking and insurance service infrastructure in the North Korean territory will necessitate an approval of case-by-case exemption by the Committee (North Korean Sanction Committee). Also, to avoid violations of Security Council Resolutions that restrict infusion of bulk cash into the North Korean territory, any payment under the Kumkang mountain tourism or Kaesung Industrial Complext project may be made in the form of in-kind instead of cash payment. If in-kind payment is not feasible, the South and North Korean governments may be agreed to establishment of verifying system that can prohibit any possibility of misuse of cash payment by the North Korean government. Requests of Committee exemption from Security Council Resolutions forbidding joint investment and expansion of investment in the North Korea may also be needed for renovation of facilities and infrastructure in the Kumkang Mountain area. Of course, all the above problems may be resolved through revision or abolition of the relevant Security Council Resolutions. Therefore, diplomatic efforts can be made for this possibility. Participation of multi-national consortium including China, Russia, Japan, and America in the project and program may be needed to enhance sustainability and continuity, security protection for human resources, and cooperation among interested states. All these efforts will be meaningfully responded by the international community, only if the North Korea were to produce results of denuclearization and interested states around the Korean peninsula to share the genuine spirit of cooperation.