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107 STAT. 1852 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 Agency are resolved, and (B) progress is made in bilateral ^ talks between North Korea and South Korea. (b) CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS.— The Congress- CD notes that the continued refusal of North Korea nearly eight years £dter ratification of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to fully accept International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards raises serious questions regarding a possible Norm Korean nuclear weapons program; (2) notes that possession by North Korea of nuclear weapons (A) would threaten peace and stability in Asia, (B) would jeopardize the existing nuclear non-proliferation regime, and (C) would undermine the goal of the United States to extend the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the 1995 review conference; (3) urges continued pressure from the President, United States allies, and the United Nations Security Council on North Korea to adhere to the Treaty and provide full access to the International Atomic Energy Agency in the shortest time possible; (4) urges the President, United States allies, and the United Nations Seoirity Council to press for continued talks between North Korea and South Korea on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula; (5) urges that no trade, financial, or other economic benefits be provided to North Korea by the United States or United States allies until North Korea has (A) provided full access to the International Atomic Energy Agency, (B) satisfactorily explained any discrepancies in its declarations of bomb-grade material, and (C) fully demonstrated that it does not have or seek a nuclear weapons capability; and (6) calls on the President and the international community to take steps to strengthen the international nuclear nonproliferation regime. SEC. 1614. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO THE PROLIFERATION OF SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: (1) The United States has joined with other nations in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which restricts the transfer of missiles or equipment or technology that could contribute to the design, development, or production of missiles capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction. (2) Missile technology is indistinguishable from, and interchangeable with, space laimch vehicle technology. (3) Transfers of missile technolo^ or space launch vehicle technology cannot be safeguarded in a manner that would provide timely warning of diversion for military purposes. (4) It has been United States policy since agreeing to the guidelines of the Missile Technology Control Regime to treat the sale or transfer of space launch vehicle technology as restrictively as the sale or transfer of missile technology. (5) Previous congressional action on missile proliferation, notably title XVII of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 104 Stat. 1738), ^ has explicitlv supported the policy described in paragraph (4) through such actions as the statutory definition of the term "missiie" to mean "a category I system as defined in the MTCR