After U.S. Compromise, Security Council Strengthens North Korea Sanctions
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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 went much further, empowering countries to interdict ships suspected of carrying weapons material or fuel into North Korea and to use "all necessary measures" — diplomatic code for the deployment of military force — to enforce compliance.
The American ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, reacted to the bomb test last week by calling for the fullest
range of international sanctions, including a cutoff of all oil supplies, in a new Security Council resolution.
11, 2017
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.
Moreover, it remained wholly unclear whether the additional penalties would persuade North Korea to halt its nuclear
and ballistic missile tests — the latest just last week, when it detonated its sixth and most powerful nuclear device.
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.
Pyongyang said that If it proves it can live in peace world will live in peace with it.
Under the latest resolution, those ships could face penalties,
but the original language proposed by the United States went much further, empowering countries to interdict ships suspected of carrying weapons material or fuel into North Korea and to use "all necessary measures" — diplomatic code for the deployment of military force — to enforce compliance.
The American ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, reacted to the bomb test last week by calling for the fullest
range of international sanctions, including a cutoff of all oil supplies, in a new Security Council resolution.
11, 2017
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.
Moreover, it remained wholly unclear whether the additional penalties would persuade North Korea to halt its nuclear
and ballistic missile tests — the latest just last week, when it detonated its sixth and most powerful nuclear device.
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.
Pyongyang said that If it proves it can live in peace world will live in peace with it.