■ What legal codes will be used ? South Korea ’ s or some sort of hybrid with something else until a new Constitution can be drafted , presuming reunification is the goal ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority leverage the knowledge of the appropriate former North Korean government elites and bureaucrats , both for governance and to make what ’ s left of the economy function ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority identify and track down North Korean war criminals to bring them to justice ?
■ Does it try them under South Korean or international law ( the International Criminal Court in The Hague )?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority start educating North Korean students ( and their parents ), opening them to the outside world , without instituting the equivalent of a de-Nazification program ? What lessons should be drawn from the de-Nazification and de-Baathification efforts to re-socialize a population ?
■ Over the medium term , what should be done about the Chinese buffer zone along the Chinese border ? ( For example , what if the Chinese won ’ t withdraw even after the North Korean IDPs and refugees are settled and there are no permanent U . S . troops above the 38th Parallel ?)
■ As a longer term dilemma , how will a new justice sector be built that respects the rule of law ? How will this relate to security sector reform ? As the North Korean soldiers are disarmed , what other immediate steps need to be taken in this regard ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority address the IDP / refugee crisis – food , water , housing , sanitation , medical care – particularly with a barely functioning airport and minimal roads and train tracks ?
■ How many IDP camps are needed ? Where ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority go about restoring – or establishing – heat , water , electricity , and other essential services ? How quickly can it arrange international contracts to provide these services ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority make use of UNHCR , UNOHCA , WFP , etc ., in a timely and effective way to care for the overall population ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority mobilize USAID , AUSAID and other countries ’ aid agencies and get them in-country ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority get capable NGOs ( e . g ., Doctors without Borders , Mercy Corps ) into the former DPRK to assist with the IDPs / refugees , establish essential services , etc .?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority identify North Koreans who are able to assume leadership roles in governance and the functioning of municipalities , such as those who know how to make the power plants , sewers and hospitals run ?
■ Can South Korean municipal leaders ( mayors , deputy mayors , public works officials ) help in North Korean “ sister-cities ”?
■ How will the UN Transitional Authority manage the hundred thousand or more prisoners in North Korean labor camps ?
■ Should the U . S . insist on providing longer-term U . S . engineering battalions , air traffic controllers , etc ., to aid in reconstruction and logistics even if China and Russia complain ?
■ How much should Russia and China be expected to do to assist in reconstruction and humanitarian assistance across their borders with the North ? How much should the United States be expected to provide ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority begin to assess short- and long-term economic and infrastructure needs , looking at current capabilities in the markets , banking system , agriculture , and infrastructure ?
■ Based on such a damage assessment , what are some logical steps under each line of effort ? What are the capacity building needs ?
Case Study # 0617-03 PKSOI TRENDS GLOBAL CASE STUDY SERIES
■ What legal codes will be used ? South Korea ’ s or some sort of hybrid with something else until a new Constitution can be drafted , presuming reunification is the goal ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority leverage the knowledge of the appropriate former North Korean government elites and bureaucrats , both for governance and to make what ’ s left of the economy function ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority identify and track down North Korean war criminals to bring them to justice ?
■ Does it try them under South Korean or international law ( the International Criminal Court in The Hague )?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority start educating North Korean students ( and their parents ), opening them to the outside world , without instituting the equivalent of a de-Nazification program ? What lessons should be drawn from the de-Nazification and de-Baathification efforts to re-socialize a population ?
■ Over the medium term , what should be done about the Chinese buffer zone along the Chinese border ? ( For example , what if the Chinese won ’ t withdraw even after the North Korean IDPs and refugees are settled and there are no permanent U . S . troops above the 38th Parallel ?)
■ As a longer term dilemma , how will a new justice sector be built that respects the rule of law ? How will this relate to security sector reform ? As the North Korean soldiers are disarmed , what other immediate steps need to be taken in this regard ?
Essential Services :
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority address the IDP / refugee crisis – food , water , housing , sanitation , medical care – particularly with a barely functioning airport and minimal roads and train tracks ?
■ How many IDP camps are needed ? Where ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority go about restoring – or establishing – heat , water , electricity , and other essential services ? How quickly can it arrange international contracts to provide these services ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority make use of UNHCR , UNOHCA , WFP , etc ., in a timely and effective way to care for the overall population ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority mobilize USAID , AUSAID and other countries ’ aid agencies and get them in-country ?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority get capable NGOs ( e . g ., Doctors without Borders , Mercy Corps ) into the former DPRK to assist with the IDPs / refugees , establish essential services , etc .?
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority identify North Koreans who are able to assume leadership roles in governance and the functioning of municipalities , such as those who know how to make the power plants , sewers and hospitals run ?
■ Can South Korean municipal leaders ( mayors , deputy mayors , public works officials ) help in North Korean “ sister-cities ”?
■ How will the UN Transitional Authority manage the hundred thousand or more prisoners in North Korean labor camps ?
■ Should the U . S . insist on providing longer-term U . S . engineering battalions , air traffic controllers , etc ., to aid in reconstruction and logistics even if China and Russia complain ?
■ How much should Russia and China be expected to do to assist in reconstruction and humanitarian assistance across their borders with the North ? How much should the United States be expected to provide ?
Economic Stabilization and Infrastructure Rebuilding :
■ How does the UN Transitional Authority begin to assess short- and long-term economic and infrastructure needs , looking at current capabilities in the markets , banking system , agriculture , and infrastructure ?
■ Based on such a damage assessment , what are some logical steps under each line of effort ? What are the capacity building needs ?