CURRENT AFFAIRS

2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who imposes new sanctions on North Korea recently?
A
UN Security Council
B
World Health Organisation
C
UNICEF
D
UNESCO
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The United States imposed sanctions in the 1950s and tightened them further after international bombings against South Korea by North Korean agents during the 1980s, including the Rangoon bombing and the bombing of Korean Air Flight 858.

Detailed explanation-2: -Why are sanctions imposed? In 2006, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted a resolution imposing sanctions in relation to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in response to the DPRK’s nuclear test on 9 October 2006.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC’s) current North Korea sanctions program began in 2008 when the President issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13466.

Detailed explanation-4: -He is a grandson of Kim Il-sung, who was the founder and first supreme leader of North Korea from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. Kim Jong-un is the first leader of North Korea to have been born in the country after its founding in 1948.

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