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The MSMT was established/launched in 2024 following the veto of the UN 1718 Committee Panel of Experts renewal.
A UN Security Council press release from 28 March 2024 documents that Russia vetoed a resolution to extend the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 1718 DPRK Sanctions Committee, preventing its renewal and allowing the mandate to lapse at the end of April 2024. Major South Korean outlets report that on 16 October 2024, eleven countries including South Korea, the United States, and Japan officially launched the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) in Seoul as a new mechanism to monitor and report on North Korea sanctions violations, explicitly in response to and following Russia’s veto and the resulting dissolution of the UN Panel of Experts. Analytical coverage further confirms that Russia’s veto effectively dismantled the UN monitoring mechanism, creating the gap the MSMT was designed to fill. Verdict: True, because UN documentation and contemporaneous reporting clearly show that Russia vetoed renewal of the 1718 Panel of Experts mandate and that the MSMT was subsequently launched in 2024 to take over its monitoring role.