Capacity-building for North Korea sanctions implementation in Latin America and Southeast Asia

This project strengthens the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) sanctions on North Korea in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Project activities include: (1) promoting open source monitoring and reporting to the private sector; (2) providing advanced counter-proliferation finance training in Mexico; (3) convening a counter-proliferation finance symposium for Central Banks and financial institutions in Southeast Asia; (4) building regional champions on counter-proliferation finance in the Caribbean and Latin America; (5) conducting an e-learning course on combatting North Korean proliferation finance; (6) providing webinars and in-person training sessions on counter-proliferation finance in Latin America; and (7) conducting interactive training on countering North Korean cyber threats for financial institutions in Costa Rica and Guatemala.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased awareness and implementation of UNSCR sanctions on North Korea by beneficiaries; and (2) improved access by beneficiaries to tools resources and international best practices about how North Korea evades sanctions on maritime and financial activities.