North Korea faces new U.N. sanctions

Key world powers agreed Wednesday on a draft of a United Nations resolution that would sharply increase export and financial sanctions against North Korea as punishment for its recent nuclear-weapons and missile tests.

By Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — Key world powers agreed Wednesday on a draft of a United Nations resolution that would sharply increase export and financial sanctions against North Korea as punishment for its recent nuclear-weapons and missile tests.

The United States, Britain and France joined North Korea's traditional protectors, China and Russia, in signing off on the draft. The full 15-member U.N. Security Council is expected to approve the resolution Friday.

Especially important was the support of China, which has long balked at punishing North Korea.

The five permanent members of the Security Council backed down on the key issue of whether U.N. members should be required to stop and search North Korean ships suspected of carrying banned goods on the high seas.

The draft resolution says nations will be urged but not required to search ships in such circumstances.

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Is the UN resolution limited to luxury items? Most likely, another empty sanction to stop a very real threat. Probably do more harm to the... Posted on June 11, 2009 at 6:37 AM by 63T. Jump to comment

Once again sanctions by the U.N. that do absolutely nothing....Remember 19 sanctions against Saddam Hussien???? As usual it will be on the... Posted on June 11, 2009 at 8:12 AM by johnpstringer. Jump to comment

The UN is the biggest joke going. The US should get out of the UN and kick every single one of them off of our soil. They are useless. Posted on June 11, 2009 at 5:50 AM by hillbilly. Jump to comment

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