This article examines the impacts of UN Security Council sanctions on North Korea's banned luxury goods imports from 2004 to 2017 by investigating the bilateral trade flows between North Korea and its 71 trading partner countries. This analysis provides some evidence that the sanctions were effective only for those countries that implemented the sanctions. Overall, it is difficult to conclude that United Nations Resolution 1718, which was mainly targeted to ban luxury goods exports to North Korea, was effective in curtailing North Korea's import of luxury goods for the time period from 2006 to 2007. The article argues that the lack of a clearly defined list of luxury goods and the lack of enforcement are important reasons for the ineffectiveness of the sanctions.

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联合国对朝鲜奢侈品进口的制裁：影响和意义

本文通过调查朝鲜与其 71 个贸易伙伴国之间的双边贸易流动，研究了联合国安理会制裁对朝鲜 2004 年至 2017 年禁止进口奢侈品的影响。这一分析提供了一些证据，表明制裁仅对实施制裁的国家有效。总体而言，很难得出结论，主要针对禁止向朝鲜出口奢侈品的联合国第 1718 号决议在 2006 年至 2007 年期间有效减少了朝鲜的奢侈品进口。缺乏明确界定的奢侈品清单和执法不力是制裁无效的重要原因。