After U.S. Compromise, Security Council Strengthens North Korea Sanctions

After U.S. Compromise, Security Council Strengthens North Korea Sanctions
Under the latest resolution, those ships could face penalties,
but the original language proposed by the United States had gone much further, empowering countries to interdict ships suspected of carrying weapons material or fuel into North Korea and to use “all necessary measures” — code for military force — to enforce compliance.
It was far from clear that the additional penalties would accomplish what the Trump administration said was its goal: To force North Korea to halt its nuclear
and ballistic missile tests and reopen some kind of negotiation toward eventual nuclear disarmament.
“If it proves it can live in peace, the world will live in peace with it.”
Ultimately, analysts said, diplomatic success would be measured not by the strictness of sanctions,
but by the ability of world powers to persuade Pyongyang to halt its nuclear and ballistic missile tests.
Ms. Haley said the resolution demonstrated international unity against the regime in Pyongyang, and she claimed
that the new sanctions, if enforced, would affect the vast majority of the country’s exports.
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council on Monday ratcheted up sanctions yet again against North Korea, but they fell significantly short of the far-reaching penalties
that the Trump administration had demanded just days ago.