U.S. to Present Draft U.N. Sanctions Resolution on North Korea

 

Reuters, 25/02 19:15 CET

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States will submit to the U.N. Security Council on Thursday a draft resolution that would expand sanctions against North Korea over its latest nuclear test, a spokesman for the U.S. mission to the United Nations said.

“Ambassador (Samantha) Power intends to submit for consideration by the Security Council a draft sanctions resolution in response to (North Korea’s) recent nuclear test and subsequent proscribed ballistic missile launch,” spokesman Kurtis Cooper said in a statement.

“We look forward to working with the council on a strong and comprehensive response to the DPRK’s (North Korea’s) latest series of tests aimed at advancing their nuclear weapons program,” he said.

On Wednesday council diplomats said the United States and China had agreed on a draft resolution and hoped to put it to a vote in the 15-nation council in the coming days.

The two veto powers had been negotiating on the text for the past seven weeks following Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6. 

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Source: Euronews