Location: The Heritage Foundation's Lehrman Auditorium
Speaking at The Heritage Foundation on June 18, Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice signaled that North Korea will soon provide
a long overdue declaration of its nuclear weapons programs and, in
turn, the U.S. would remove Pyongyang from the list of state
sponsors of terrorism. Such developments would raise
expectations for completing disablement of North Korea's nuclear
facilities and opening the door to dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear
weapons ("Phase Three" of the Six Party Talks).
It is unlikely, however, that North Korea's pursuit of a covert
uranium-based weapons program and its nuclear proliferation to
Syria will be included in the data declaration. Questions
remain over the scope of verification measures that North Korea
will agree to. Moreover, recent private North Korean
statements suggest Pyongyang has a more restricted interpretation
of its denuclearization pledge than that held by the United
States.
Our panelists will assess the forthcoming data declaration and
the potential for achieving significant progress in the Six Party
Talks during the remainder of the Bush administration. The
panel will also discuss the requirements for verifying the data
declaration and North Korean support to Syria's nuclear
program.
More About the Speakers
Ambassador Charles (Jack) Pritchard
President,
Korea Economic Institute
and former Special Assistant
to the President for National Security Affairs and
Senior Director for Asian Affairs
Dr. Robert L. Gallucci
Dean,
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University
and former lead Ambassador responsible for the
1994 Agreed Framework
Bruce Klingner
Senior Research Fellow,
Northeast Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation
Hosted By
Walter Lohman
Director, Asian Studies Center
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