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Belarus implements North Korea sanctions, freezes bank accounts

Implementation report notes action but lacks further details on bank, frozen accounts involved

Belarus has notified the UN that it has identified and blocked North Korean-linked bank accounts within its jurisdiction, an implementation report obtained by NK News shows.

The report, sent to the Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1718 in September, is only one page and mainly identifies the implementation of financial elements of UN Security Council Resolution 2270, unanimously adopted in March.

“In the implementation of resolution 2270 (2016), it was discovered that one bank had a client whose accounts fell under the scope of the resolution,” the document, not yet uploaded on the UN implementation portal, reads.

“Pursuant to paragraph