UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test, declaring that its action posed "a clear threat to international peace and security."
North Korea immediately rejected the resolution, and its UN ambassador walked out of the council chamber after accusing its members of a "gangster-like" action which neglects the nuclear threat posed by the United States. Ambassador Pak Gil Yon said North Korea wants talks but warned that it will consider increased U.S. pressure a declaration of war.
The vote came after the United States, Britain and France overcame last-minute differences with Russia and China during what Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin called "tense negotiations."
The resolution demands North Korea eliminate all its nuclear weapons but expressly rules out military action against the country, a demand by the Russians and Chinese. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton warned Pyongyang, however, that if it continues pursuing nuclear weapons, the United States would seek further measures.
A North Korean soldier reacts to a photographer on a passing boat, on the waterfront at the North Korean town of Sinuiju on Thursday. (AP) |
How should the world deal with N.
Korea? |
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Diplomacy |
18% | |
Economic sanctions |
29% | |
Wait for the regime to change |
2% | |
Assassinate the leader |
33% | |
Invasion |
11% | |
Do nothing |
7% | |
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