2008, ISBN: 9781234534073

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 48 pages. Original publisher: Washington : U. S. G. P. O. , 2008. LC Number: KF26 . A7 2008i OCLC Number: (OCoL… Altro …

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 48 pages. Original publisher: Washington : U. S. G. P. O. , 2008. LC Number: KF26 . A7 2008i OCLC Number: (OCoLC)311853666 Subject: Nuclear nonproliferation -- Korea (North). Excerpt: . . . 11 the past 6 years, we have seen the strategic importance of this framework not only for dealing with the important North Korean nuclear issue, but for Northeast Asia more generally. Multilateral diplomacy takes time and effort, and merging the inter-ests of six countries is not an easy feat. Yet, it is because of our common interests in the region and our concerted efforts that we have achieved important accomplish-ments to date. Throughout this process, the Chinese Government, which chairs the Six-Party Talks, has played a key role. Our close cooperation with China in the Six-Party Talks has implications beyond the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia, and has an important, salutary impact on Chinas emergence as a responsible stakeholder in the region. The Six-Party framework works because each nation represented at the table has a shared interest in a peaceful, stable and denuclearized Korean Peninsula, and be-cause North Korea is accountable to all of its neighbors for its actions. Each of these nations complements one another in our efforts to hold North Korea to its commit-ments. The Six-Party process is based on the principle of action-for-action, which was embodied in the September 2005 Six-Party Joint Statement. The Joint Statement lays out the goals of the Six-Party Talks, most importantly the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea ( DPRK ) commitment to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs, and return to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and to International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) safeguards. The Par-ties undertook to promote economic cooperation in the fields of energy, trade and investment, bilaterally and or multilaterally, and the other Parties described their willingness to provide energy assistance to the DPRK. The . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<