UN sanctions: Pyongyang totally rejects the move

[Owais]

UN sanctions: Pyongyang totally rejects the move UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution on imposing sanctions on North Korea's dangerous weapons and condemning Pyongyang's recent missile tests.

North Korea immediately "totally rejected" the resolution. Its U.N. Ambassador Pak Gil Yon said Pyongyang's missile development served "to keep the balance of force and preserving peace and stability in Northeast Asia."

In response, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton told the council that Pak "set a world record in rejecting it within 45 minutes after its adoption."

He added: "I could exercise the right of reply on behalf of the United States -- but on the other hand, why bother?"

The resolution requires all U.N. member states to stop imports and exports of any material or funds relating to the reclusive Communist nation's missile programs or weapons of mass destruction.

It also demands North Korea "suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile program," and re establish a moratorium on the launching of missiles.

The 15-member Security Council had wrangled for 10 days over the response to North Korea's seven missile tests on July 5, which raised international tensions, mainly because of Pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons.

Japan initiated the resolution and its vice minister for foreign affairs, Shintaro Ito, told the Security Council it had "acted swiftly and robustly in response to the reckless and condemnable act of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the legal name for North Korea.

It said missile launches off his country's coast posed "a direct threat to the security of Japan and other countries."

But until the end the council was split over whether the resolution would be adopted under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which makes it mandatory and allows for military force if another specific resolution is adopted.

China had threatened to veto the measure if Chapter 7 were mentioned, recalling the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that did not receive specific council authorization.

Consequently, Japan, the United States, Britain and France had no choice but to drop the phrase. But they still considered the language of the resolution tough and binding.

Instead of Chapter 7, Britain worked out a compromise that said the Security Council was "acting under its special responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security."

China did not touch on this issue in its speech but Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters, "We believe that all resolutions of the Security Council should be implemented."

Shrugging off North Korea's rejection, Churkin said, "I don't think that this is something completely unexpected."

In his council address, Bolton told North Korea to "suspend your ballistic missile program; stop your procurement of materials related to weapons of mass destruction, and implement your September, 2005 commitment to verifiably dismantle your nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs."

China's U.N. Ambassador Wang Guangya said Beijing was greatly concerned by the missile launches but urged nations not to add to tensions on the Korean peninsula.

North Korea has rebuffed worldwide criticism of its missile tests and resisted pressure to return to talks on winding up its nuclear arms program, but its neighbors pressed on with diplomacy to resolve the crisis.

 

[Owais]

NKorea have no choice but to return to talks: Rice SAINT PETERSBURG: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that a unanimous UN Security Council rebuke of North Korea, with China's active support, would force Pyongyang back to negotiations.

"It's a remarkable resolution, and with an affirmative Chinese vote," she said as US President George W. Bush attended the Group of Eight summit of industrialized countries here. "We really, now, have a coalition."

"That's why, I think ultimately, North Korea will have no choice but to return to the talks and pursue denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," Rice told reporters.

She said she was "not surprised" that North Korea immediately rejected the resolution, but stressed that Pyongyang must understand that nuclear talks with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea are "the only game in town".

 

[Spring Onion]

sanctions have been put on North Korea but why US is giving room to Iran is there any streategy in this policy or US is preparing to attack Iran?

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[Neo]

sanctions have been put on North Korea but why US is giving room to Iran is there any streategy in this policy or US is preparing to attack Iran?

There's still room for diplomacy and Iran's still atleast five years away from testing.
US can not bypass the UNSC where China and Russia will both oppose military action against Iran.
Furthermore Iraq and Afghanistan are already costing billions of $$$ every week, its taxpayers money and I'm not sure about the public opinion is USA versus Iran.