International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, 28 May 2010

North Korea is using "a number of masking techniques" to continue providing nuclear and missile technology to Iran and Syria despite UN sanctions and arms embargoes on both countries, UN experts said in a report disclosed by the AP on Friday.

Pyongyang is exporting nuclear and ballistic missile technology and using multiple intermediaries, shell companies and overseas criminal networks to circumvent UN sanctions, the seven-member panel monitoring the implementation of sanctions against North Korea said its research indicates.

North Korea is involved in banned nuclear and ballistic activities in Iran, Syria and Myanmar, the 47-page report concludes.

It called for further study of these suspected activities and urged all countries to try to prevent them.

Council diplomats discussed the report by the experts from Britain, Japan, the United States, France, South Korea, Russia and China at a closed-door meeting on Thursday. Its release happened to coincide with heightened tensions between North and South Korea over the recent sinking of a South Korean navy ship which killed 46 sailors.

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