Why Russia Killed UN Panel That Monitors North Korea Sanctions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Hwang, the South Korean ambassador, said Russia's vote represents a setback to the international non-proliferation regime.
59% : "A permanent member of the Security Council and depository of the non-proliferation treaty completely abandoned its responsibility," he said.
38% : Though Security Council cooperation on North Korea had already eroded, and North Korea has steadily found ways to evade existing sanctions, the dismantling of the expert panel could remove remaining barriers to North Korea's weapons program and undermine global non-proliferation efforts.
37% : "This is almost comparable to destroying a CCTV (closed circuit television) to avoid being caught red-handed," said Hwang Joon-kook, South Korea's ambassador to the United Nations.
29% : The future of international efforts to restrain Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program is in question after Russia voted on Thursday to dismantle a body meant to monitor the implementation of United Nations sanctions against North Korea.
29% : By effectively killing the panel, Russia may be trying to make it easier to hide its sanctions-violating activities with North Korea, suggested U.S., South Korean and other Western diplomats who made public statements after Russia's Thursday vote.

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