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Nodong Sinmun, Pyongyang - North Korea
Aug 13 2008
Sanctions and pressure are criminal means to realize hegemonic
ambition
by reporter Jo Thaek-bom
Today, the imperialists' manoeuvres of sanctions and pressure against
the anti-imperialist, pro-independent countries are getting more
blatant than any other time. It is the imperialists' stock-in-trade
method to realize regime change by internationally isolating and
blocking the countries that do not please them with sanctions and
pressure and by rendering [them] helpless. As if it were not enough to
find fault with the anti-imperialist, pro-independent countries for
not being docile with them, spouting "human rights" this and
"democracy" that, [they] are exerting sanctions and pressure branding
[them] as "narcotics criminals," "disseminators of weapons of mass
destruction," and "human trafficking criminals." By doing this, [they]
intend to realize the ambition to dominate the world with the method
of internationally isolating these countries and establishing "useful
governments" for them. In a word, the imperialists' commotion of
sanctions and pressure is the tyrannical infringement of the sovereign
states' sovereignty and simultaneously a product of dark design to
realize the ambition to dominate the world.
In the international stage, the imperialists are strengthening the
commotion of sanctions and pressure in the vein of interfering in
international affairs against sovereign states.
In May [ 2008], the United States decided to impose new sanctions on
Burma. Accordingly, all the overseas assets and interests that are
directly or indirectly possessed or managed by the Burmese Government
and its members have been frozen and the US "existing authority" that
permits imposing sanctions on the people who support the Burmese
Government and assist with funds have been expanded. Earlier, in
February [ 2008], the United States took sanction measures against
Burma. At the time, the United States did not hide the fact that such
sanction measures had their purpose in curtailing economic activities
in Burma and isolating the Burmese Government. Saying that the
sanctioned subjects "are providing funds" to the Burmese Government,
the United States froze all their assets and banned the US citizens
from being engaged in any type of transactions with them. Citing
Burma's "human rights" and "democracy" situation, the United States
criticizes that the Burmese Government "ignores the international
community's appeal" to carry out dialogue with opposing factions or
ethnic minorities.
The United States is also persistently carrying out sanctions against
Syria.
In February [ 2008], the US Treasury Department announced that a
Syrian businessman had participated in an attempt of harming the Iraqi
and Lebanon Governments and issued sanction measures against him. Due
to this, his assets in the United States were frozen and all the US
companies were banned to deal with him. The United States' such
measure started from the attempt to link the Syrian Government with
"terrorism."
As is known, in the past, the United States criticized on several
occasions that Syria "permits terrorists to enter Iraq" by way of its
territory. Based on this, the United States took sanction measures in
May 2004, and extended the period in April 2006. In February this
year, [the United States] expanded and re-extended the period of
sanction measures against some Syrian Government members. In May [
2008], [the United States] again decided to extend sanction measures
against Syria by one year, and accordingly, the Syrian people's assets
were frozen and some products' exports or re-exports to Syria were
banned.
In addition, the United States continues to take sanction measures
against Belarus, Iran, and Zimbabwe, interfering in these countries'
internal affairs. The case in point is that in March [ 2008], the
United States decided to impose sanctions on the UK and Armenian
companies that exported airplanes to Iran. It goes without saying that
the United States' such measures provoke strong protests and
discontent from the pertinent countries.
The imperialists' commotion of sanctions and pressure that becomes
more blatant by the day receives the international community's
criticism and rejection for being acts of infringing on other
countries' sovereignty and intervening in internal affairs.
On 2 July, Belarusian President Lukashenko said that trying to
threaten and suppress his country with any sanction would have no
effect, and that although Belarus had opposed illegal immigration,
human trafficking, and illegal drug circulations, what came from the
West were only blatant political, economic pressures. He mentioned
that the status of Belarus was being strengthened in the international
community and particularly the development of relations with Russia
was being stepped up, and expressed the intention of further
developing them. Currently, the Belarusian Government regards the US
sanction measures against its country's crude oil chemical
corporations as a "war" against the general citizens of Belarus.
A while ago, in connection with the United States' expansion of the
range of economic sanctions against Belarus, the spokesman of the
Chinese Foreign Ministry said that China consistently opposes [the
United States'] intervention in other countries' internal affairs and
exertion of pressure with the excuse of "democracy" and "human rights"
and [the United States'] frequent threat of imposing sanctions. He
said that China views that infringing on other countries' interests
with the use of economic means impedes protecting relations between
states and developing international trade, and stated that in the
recent several years, under President Lukashenko, Belarus had seen
stabilization of society, continuous economic development, and rising
people's living standards.
The United States' manoeuvres to isolate and crush Iran also provoke
the international community's rejection.
The West, including the United States, has systematically expanded
sanctions against Iran by finding fault with Iran's nuclear issue and
mobilizing the United Nations, but Iran has not surrendered to it but
confidently fought against it as it asserted its right to peaceful
nuclear activities, and the international community also supports
Iran's position.
Amid the ever-growing international perception that sanctions and
pressure do not constitute a method of resolving issues, recently the
Thai foreign minister has said that his country does not agree with
the US stance to resolve the Burma issue through sanctions. He
asserted that Thailand does not agree with sanctions, saying that to
resolve the Burma issue, there are better ways, such as the talks and
an ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] intervention, than
the sanction measures that the United States intends to take.
In June [ 2008], the European Union decided to officially lift
diplomatic sanctions against Cuba. This decision was adopted in the EU
leaders' meeting held in Brussels on 20 June. Cuba described the EU
measure of lifting sanctions as a victory of "truth and reason."
Regarding the recent presidential election results in Zimbabwe, the
United States blustered that it would reinforce sanctions against the
Zimbabwe Government and its supporting countries, but the African
Union, China, Russia, and many African countries argued for the
resolution of the Zimbabwe issue with dialogue and negotiations,
opposing the attempt of sanctions by the West, including the United
States. In the recent G-8 summit, this was intensively expressed. The
West, including the United States, demanded that the international
community support taking strong sanction measures against
Zimbabwe. Nevertheless, seven African countries' leaders who attended
the meeting expressed opposing opinions. The July UN Security Council
meeting threw out a proposal of sanction resolution whose content
includes a measure of banning weapons export to Zimbabwe and a measure
of limiting banking and travelling for the country's government
members, including the president.
This series of facts clearly shows that sanctions and pressure are
never a method of solving problems. It is natural that the
imperialists' acts of sanctions and pressure are the international
community's target of criticism.
[translated]
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Aug 13 2008
Sanctions and pressure are criminal means to realize hegemonic
ambition
by reporter Jo Thaek-bom
Today, the imperialists' manoeuvres of sanctions and pressure against
the anti-imperialist, pro-independent countries are getting more
blatant than any other time. It is the imperialists' stock-in-trade
method to realize regime change by internationally isolating and
blocking the countries that do not please them with sanctions and
pressure and by rendering [them] helpless. As if it were not enough to
find fault with the anti-imperialist, pro-independent countries for
not being docile with them, spouting "human rights" this and
"democracy" that, [they] are exerting sanctions and pressure branding
[them] as "narcotics criminals," "disseminators of weapons of mass
destruction," and "human trafficking criminals." By doing this, [they]
intend to realize the ambition to dominate the world with the method
of internationally isolating these countries and establishing "useful
governments" for them. In a word, the imperialists' commotion of
sanctions and pressure is the tyrannical infringement of the sovereign
states' sovereignty and simultaneously a product of dark design to
realize the ambition to dominate the world.
In the international stage, the imperialists are strengthening the
commotion of sanctions and pressure in the vein of interfering in
international affairs against sovereign states.
In May [ 2008], the United States decided to impose new sanctions on
Burma. Accordingly, all the overseas assets and interests that are
directly or indirectly possessed or managed by the Burmese Government
and its members have been frozen and the US "existing authority" that
permits imposing sanctions on the people who support the Burmese
Government and assist with funds have been expanded. Earlier, in
February [ 2008], the United States took sanction measures against
Burma. At the time, the United States did not hide the fact that such
sanction measures had their purpose in curtailing economic activities
in Burma and isolating the Burmese Government. Saying that the
sanctioned subjects "are providing funds" to the Burmese Government,
the United States froze all their assets and banned the US citizens
from being engaged in any type of transactions with them. Citing
Burma's "human rights" and "democracy" situation, the United States
criticizes that the Burmese Government "ignores the international
community's appeal" to carry out dialogue with opposing factions or
ethnic minorities.
The United States is also persistently carrying out sanctions against
Syria.
In February [ 2008], the US Treasury Department announced that a
Syrian businessman had participated in an attempt of harming the Iraqi
and Lebanon Governments and issued sanction measures against him. Due
to this, his assets in the United States were frozen and all the US
companies were banned to deal with him. The United States' such
measure started from the attempt to link the Syrian Government with
"terrorism."
As is known, in the past, the United States criticized on several
occasions that Syria "permits terrorists to enter Iraq" by way of its
territory. Based on this, the United States took sanction measures in
May 2004, and extended the period in April 2006. In February this
year, [the United States] expanded and re-extended the period of
sanction measures against some Syrian Government members. In May [
2008], [the United States] again decided to extend sanction measures
against Syria by one year, and accordingly, the Syrian people's assets
were frozen and some products' exports or re-exports to Syria were
banned.
In addition, the United States continues to take sanction measures
against Belarus, Iran, and Zimbabwe, interfering in these countries'
internal affairs. The case in point is that in March [ 2008], the
United States decided to impose sanctions on the UK and Armenian
companies that exported airplanes to Iran. It goes without saying that
the United States' such measures provoke strong protests and
discontent from the pertinent countries.
The imperialists' commotion of sanctions and pressure that becomes
more blatant by the day receives the international community's
criticism and rejection for being acts of infringing on other
countries' sovereignty and intervening in internal affairs.
On 2 July, Belarusian President Lukashenko said that trying to
threaten and suppress his country with any sanction would have no
effect, and that although Belarus had opposed illegal immigration,
human trafficking, and illegal drug circulations, what came from the
West were only blatant political, economic pressures. He mentioned
that the status of Belarus was being strengthened in the international
community and particularly the development of relations with Russia
was being stepped up, and expressed the intention of further
developing them. Currently, the Belarusian Government regards the US
sanction measures against its country's crude oil chemical
corporations as a "war" against the general citizens of Belarus.
A while ago, in connection with the United States' expansion of the
range of economic sanctions against Belarus, the spokesman of the
Chinese Foreign Ministry said that China consistently opposes [the
United States'] intervention in other countries' internal affairs and
exertion of pressure with the excuse of "democracy" and "human rights"
and [the United States'] frequent threat of imposing sanctions. He
said that China views that infringing on other countries' interests
with the use of economic means impedes protecting relations between
states and developing international trade, and stated that in the
recent several years, under President Lukashenko, Belarus had seen
stabilization of society, continuous economic development, and rising
people's living standards.
The United States' manoeuvres to isolate and crush Iran also provoke
the international community's rejection.
The West, including the United States, has systematically expanded
sanctions against Iran by finding fault with Iran's nuclear issue and
mobilizing the United Nations, but Iran has not surrendered to it but
confidently fought against it as it asserted its right to peaceful
nuclear activities, and the international community also supports
Iran's position.
Amid the ever-growing international perception that sanctions and
pressure do not constitute a method of resolving issues, recently the
Thai foreign minister has said that his country does not agree with
the US stance to resolve the Burma issue through sanctions. He
asserted that Thailand does not agree with sanctions, saying that to
resolve the Burma issue, there are better ways, such as the talks and
an ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] intervention, than
the sanction measures that the United States intends to take.
In June [ 2008], the European Union decided to officially lift
diplomatic sanctions against Cuba. This decision was adopted in the EU
leaders' meeting held in Brussels on 20 June. Cuba described the EU
measure of lifting sanctions as a victory of "truth and reason."
Regarding the recent presidential election results in Zimbabwe, the
United States blustered that it would reinforce sanctions against the
Zimbabwe Government and its supporting countries, but the African
Union, China, Russia, and many African countries argued for the
resolution of the Zimbabwe issue with dialogue and negotiations,
opposing the attempt of sanctions by the West, including the United
States. In the recent G-8 summit, this was intensively expressed. The
West, including the United States, demanded that the international
community support taking strong sanction measures against
Zimbabwe. Nevertheless, seven African countries' leaders who attended
the meeting expressed opposing opinions. The July UN Security Council
meeting threw out a proposal of sanction resolution whose content
includes a measure of banning weapons export to Zimbabwe and a measure
of limiting banking and travelling for the country's government
members, including the president.
This series of facts clearly shows that sanctions and pressure are
never a method of solving problems. It is natural that the
imperialists' acts of sanctions and pressure are the international
community's target of criticism.
[translated]
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress