Sec. 106. Briefing and strategy relating to efforts by the Russian Federation to block enforcement of United Nations sanctions
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the efforts of the Russian Federation to undercut enforcement of United Nations sanctions with respect to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, with particular focus on the limit set by the United Nations Security Council on the supply, sale, or transfer to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of all refined petroleum products in excess of an aggregate amount of 500,000 barrels during any 12-month period beginning on or after January 1, 2018. The briefing under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: An assessment of the likelihood that the patterns of behavior illustrated by Annexes 1–3 to the March 5, 2019, report of the Panel of Experts established pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009), including efforts of the Russian Federation to dismiss findings, will continue. A description of steps being taken to ensure, despite the opposition of the Russian Federation, a timely decision by the United Nations Security Council to act to halt all refined petroleum product exports to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in each 12-month period that the limit described in paragraph
(1)is exceeded. A description of any other United Nations sanctions with respect to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea being disregarded or actively undercut by the Russian Federation. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of relevant agencies, shall develop a diplomatic strategy to counter efforts by the Russian Federation to undercut enforcement of United Nations sanctions, including the limit described in subsection (a)(1), with respect to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.