UN Draft Resolution to Expand Sanctions Against North Korea Heads to Vote

A UN resolution to expand sanctions against North Korea is expected to go to a vote on Friday following an agreement by key Security Council members on the wording of the document.

The Security Council has been under pressure to expand their sanctions against the communist country following their recent nuclear and ballistic missile testing, a violation of earlier agreements. Along with the five permanent members of the Security Council- China, Russia, France, UK and the United States- Japan and South Korea also agreed to the wording on the new resolution.

As part of the UN resolution the ban on nuclear and ballistic missile testing would be reasserted and all UN member states would be called on to inspect North Korean ships that may be carrying equipment that could be used for creating weapons of mass destruction.

The resolution also calls on North Korea to rejoin the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, something they withdrew from after Pyongyang declared the talks dead. On Tuesday North Korea stepped up their rhetoric by stating they would use nuclear weapons if provoked, leading the Security Council to hurry their resolution.

A vote from the 15-nation council is to be held on Friday with the expectation it will pass without trouble.

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