Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and International Security) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer to the minister’s statement, supported by the opposition, that the UN Security Council should impose specific sanctions on North Korea. Does the minister recall telling the Cole inquiry in relation to Security Council sanctions against Iraq that he failed to set up any capacity within DFAT to ensure that UN sanctions were complied with and that DFAT did not have any expertise necessary to enforce particular sanctions? Given that the government allowed a $300 million breach of UN sanctions to occur against Iraq, will the minister outline what capacity he has now established within his department to enforce sanctions against North Korea?

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