Sep 24,2015 Open Forum China’s Interests, Actors, and the Implementation of Sanctions against North Korea Following the first nuclear test by North Korea in 2006, sanctions were unanimously authorized by the UN Security Council (UNSC). Their stated aims were to dissuade North Korea from its development of nuclear capabilities and promote its return to dialogue with regional actors in the Six-Party Talks.1 Since 2006, further resolutions have extended the scope […] Catherine Jones National security , Panel of Experts , sanctions , Sino-DPRK relations , UN Security Council