Changes to the original draft resolution include the following:
- In its original draft resolution, the United States sought to ban all oil exports to North Korea (referred to as DPRK in the resolution):
"11. Ban exports of crude oil, condensate, refined petroleum products, and natural gas liquids to the DPRK: Decides that all Member States shall prohibit the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer to the DPRK, through their territories or by their nationals, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in their territories, of all crude oil, condensates, refined petroleum products, and natural gas liquids;"
The adopted resolution allows North Korea to important crude oil up to the amount it imported in the past year:
"15. Decides that all Member States shall not supply, sell, or transfer to the DPRK in any period of twelve months after the date of adoption of this resolution an amount of crude oil that is in excess of the amount that the Member State supplied, sold or transferred in the period of twelve months prior to adoption of this resolution...;"
- In the original draft resolution, UN member states could use force to board and conduct inspections of vessels designated by the Security Council as illegally transporting material to or from North Korea:
"7. Authorize all Member States to interdict and inspect Committee-designated cargo vessels on the high seas: Decides that the Committee may designate vessels for non-consensual inspections and further decides that all Member States are authorized to inspect on the high seas any vessel designated by the Committee pursuant to this paragraph or identified by the Security Council or by the Committee as subject to the asset freeze imposed by paragraph 8(d) of resolution 1718 (2006) and to use all necessary measures, in full compliance with international humanitarian law and international human rights law, as may be applicable, to carry out such an inspection and to direct the vessel to take appropriate actions, including to call at an appropriate port;"
The adopted resolution does not permit member states to conduct non-consensual inspections of vessels transporting prohibited cargo to or from North Korea:
"7. Calls upon all Member States to inspect vessels with the consent of the flag State, on the high seas, if they have information that provides reasonable grounds to believe that the cargo of such vessels contains items the supply, sale, transfer or export of which is prohibited by resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017) or this resolution, for the purpose of ensuring strict implementation of those provisions;...
9. Requires any Member State, when it does not receive the cooperation of a flag State of a vessel pursuant to paragraph 8 above, to submit promptly to the Committee a report containing relevant details regarding the incident, the vessel and the flag State, and requests the Committee to release on a regular basis information regarding these vessels and flag States involved;"
- The original draft imposed an asset freeze on Kim Jong Un, the Worker's Party of Korea, and the North Korean government:
"15. Asset freeze on Kim Jong Un, the Worker's Party of Korea, and the Government of the DPRK: Decides that the asset freeze imposed by paragraph 8(d) of resolution 1718 (2006) shall apply to all funds, other financial assets and economic resources outside of the DPRK that are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by Kim Jong Un, the Worker's Party of Korea, the Government of the DPRK, or by individuals or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, or by entities owned or controlled by them, decides further that all Member States other than the DPRK shall ensure that any funds, financial assets or economic resources are prevented from being made available by their nationals or by any individuals or entities within their territories, to or for the benefit of Kim Jong Un, the Worker's Party of Korea, the Government of the DPRK, or individuals or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, or entities owned or controlled by them,..."
The adopted resolution does not impose an asset freeze on Kim Jong Un, the Worker's Party of Korea, or the North Korean government. It intead imposes asset freezes on one individual, Pak Yong Sik, a member of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Military Commission who "helps direct the country's military defense industries," and on the following three entities:
"The Central Military Commission is responsible for the development and implementation of the Workers' Party of Korea's military policies, commands and controls the DPRK's military, and directs the country's military defense industries in coordination with the State Affairs Commission... The Organization and Guidance Department is a very powerful body of the Worker's Party of Korea. It directs key personnel appointments for the Workers' Party of Korea, the DPRK's military, and the DPRK's government administration. It also purports to control the political affairs of all of the DPRK and is instrumental in implementing the DPRK's censorship policies... The Propaganda and Agitation Department has full control over the media, which it uses as a tool to control the public on behalf of the DPRK leadership."
- The original draft allowed states to issue work authorizations for North Korean workers only for humanitarian or denuclearization purposes, and required that North Korean workers be expelled if they remitted funds to the North Korean government:
"14. Ban the hiring and paying of DPRK laborers used to generate foreign export earnings: Expresses concern that DPRK nationals frequently work in other States for the purpose of generating foreign export earnings that the DPRK uses to support its prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile programs, decides that all Member States shall not provide work authorizations for DPRK nationals in their jurisdictions in connection with admission to their territories unless the Committee determines on a case-by-case basis in advance that employment of DPRK nationals in a member state's jurisdiction is required for the delivery of humanitarian assistance, denuclearization or any other purpose consistent with the objectives of resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), or this resolution, and further decides that if a Member State determines that a DPRK national who is not a national of that Member State is remitting funds to the DPRK government, then the Member State shall expel the DPRK national from its territory for the purpose of repatriation to the DPRK...;
The adopted resolution deleted the expulsion provision and allowed North Korean workers to obtain work authorizations for non-humanitarian or denuclearization purposes if they had already finalized written work contracts:
"17. Decides that all Member States shall not provide work authorizations for DPRK nationals in their jurisdictions in connection with admission to their territories unless the Committee determines on a case-by-case basis in advance that employment of DPRK nationals in a member state's jurisdiction is required for the delivery of humanitarian assistance, denuclearization or any other purpose consistent with the objectives of resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), or this resolution, and decides that this provision shall not apply with respect to work authorizations for which written contracts have been finalized prior to the adoption of this resolution;"