Project profile — Building international capacity to implement United Nations sanctions on North Korea

• Switzerland (0.97%)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis (0.97%)
• Norway (0.97%)
• Ukraine (1.65%)
• India (1.65%)
• Honduras (0.97%)
• Kenya (1.65%)
• South Africa (1.65%)
• Trinidad And Tobago (7.47%)
• Jamaica (8.44%)
• Mexico (1.65%)
• Nigeria (1.65%)
• Denmark (0.97%)
• Malaysia (1.65%)
• Greece (0.97%)
• Bolivia (0.97%)
• Saint Lucia (0.97%)
• Turkey (1.65%)
• Panama (0.97%)
• Poland (0.97%)
• Bahamas (0.97%)
• Argentina (1.65%)
• Indonesia (1.65%)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines (0.97%)

• Africa, regional (2.25%)
• America, regional (20.22%)
• Middle East, regional (4.90%)
• Far East Asia, regional (21.85%)
• Asia, regional (2.25%)
• Oceania, regional (2.24%)
• Europe, regional (2.24%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Disarmament of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) (1520010) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)

This project funds the US Civilian Research and Defence Foundation (CRDF Global) to implement six activities to build regional and international capacity to implement UN Security Council sanctions on North Korean proliferation activities and one activity that aims to build networks among women in the field of nuclear non-proliferation. Project activities include: (1) providing web-based training for private sector entities to counter proliferation finance and cybercrime; (2) deploying open source monitoring and reporting on North Korean sanction evasion to the private sector; (3) translating UN Security Council training materials into Spanish for states in Latin America; (4) providing more training on North Korean sanctions implementation for legal experts in the Caribbean; (5) providing training on best practices to prevent North Korean sanctions evasion for ship registry officials; (6) building capacity in central banks in Southeast Asian states to counter North Korean proliferation finance and cybercrime; and (7) building nuclear security and non-proliferation networks among women experts.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) strengthened international capacity to prevent, detect and respond to North Korean efforts to evade UN Security Council Resolution sanctions, including through illicit shipping, financial networks and cyber-crime; and (2) strengthened capacity of women experts to actively engage in nuclear security and non-proliferation policy discussions and development.

Results achieved at the end of the project (March 2022): (1) deployed 12 subject matter experts at five international events, conferences, and workshops and at two webinars to speak to 893 compliance officers about open-source resources available to professionals on North Korean sanctions evasion; (2) hosted three regional, remote workshops for shipping registry officials on the obligation of ship registries to ensure compliance with relevant international sanctions regimes and common sanctions evasion tactics deployed by North Korea. The workshops collectively trained 43 registry officials and yielded a guidance handbook in both Spanish and English; (3) conducted five cybercrime webinars, one side-event, and one workshop for a total of 2,917 frontline operational and compliance officials from around the world; (4) delivered three virtual training engagements for Central Bank financial regulators and supervisors on counter-proliferation finance and cybersecurity designed. This is to curb North Korea’s ability to generate revenue for the WMD and missile programs; (5) delivered two engagements with interagency government stakeholders responsible for regulating trade, maintaining national security, and overseeing financial transactions in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago; (6) delivered a two-day remote capacity-building workshop on the implementation of UN sanctions on North Korea with compliance professionals in Latin America and a follow-on remote webinar; and (7) engaged ten grantees from Argentina, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, Turkey, and Ukraine to develop their subject matter knowledge and working skills, implement individual grant projects at their home institutions, and attend a capstone two-day workshop in Vienna, Austria.

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