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UN Introduces New Sanctions Against North Korea

Staff Writer with AFP by Staff Writer with AFP
12/22/17
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Members of the UN Security Council voted 15-0 to impose new sanctions on North Korea. Photo: AFP

Members of the UN Security Council voted 15-0 to impose new sanctions on North Korea. Photo: AFP

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With China’s backing, the U.N. Security Council on Friday slapped new sanctions on North Korea that will restrict oil supplies vital for Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programs.

The council unanimously adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution that also orders the repatriation of North Korean workers sent abroad to earn revenue for Kim Jong-Un‘s regime.

It is the third raft of sanctions imposed on North Korea this year and comes as the United States and North Korea are showing no signs they are willing to open talks on ending the crisis on the Korean peninsula.

The resolution bans the supply of nearly 75 percent of refined oil products to North Korea, puts a cap on crude deliveries and orders all North Korean nationals working abroad to be sent back by the end of 2019.

The United States put forward the draft text on Thursday following negotiations with China, Pyongyang’s ally and main supplier of oil.

RT @USUN: The Security Council unanimously passed a US resolution further condemning North Korea by restricting oil, critical imports, and all remaining major exports— continuing to isolate Kim Jong Un and his rogue regime from the rest of the world. #15-0 pic.twitter.com/zcMFskKNWj

— Archive: Ambassador Nikki Haley (@AmbNikkiHaley) December 22, 2017

Describing North Korea as “the most tragic example of evil in the modern world,” U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said the new sanctions are “a reflection of the international outrage at the Kim regime’s actions.”

The resolution “sends the unambiguous message to Pyongyang that further defiance will invite further punishment and isolation,” she said.

The measures are in response to North Korea’s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on November 28 that marked an advance in Pyongyang’s drive to threaten the US mainland with a nuclear strike.

President Donald Trump has threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea if it attacks the United States while North Korea insists the world must now accept that it is a nuclear power.

The United Nations Security Council just voted 15-0 in favor of additional Sanctions on North Korea. The World wants Peace, not Death!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2017

Last month, Mr. Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to cut off oil to North Korea, a move that would cripple its desperately struggling economy.

Crude oil supplies were capped at four million barrels per year and a ceiling of 500,000 barrels of refined petroleum products, including diesel and kerosene, was set for next year, down from two million barrels in a previous resolution.

If North Korea carries out another nuclear or ICBM test, “then the Security Council will take action to restrict further the export to the DPRK of petroleum,” said the resolution.

The United States had initially sought to expel within a year tens of thousands of North Koreans, most of whom are working in Russia and China, but that deadline was extended to two years after Russia objected.

To prevent North Korea from circumventing sanctions, all countries were authorized to seize, inspect and impound ships suspected of carrying illegal cargo to and from North Korea.

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