The remaining 13 members of the Security Council unanimously endorsed the US draft resolution against North Korea
The UN Security Council on Thursday failed to reach a general agreement on new sanctions against Pyongyang. Washington proposed the sanctions in the wake of North Korea’s latest missile test this week during US President Joe Biden’s visit to Asia.
The vote comes just days after North Korea was accused of launching its largest intercontinental ballistic missile and two other tests. Ahead of the vote, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield called for unity. “A threat to the entire international community.”
However, China and Russia have vetoed new sanctions on humanitarian grounds, pointing out their futility and even “Inhumanity” Since North Korea fought to control a huge Kovid-19 outbreak.
The UNSC imposed sanctions on North Korea in 2006, following its first nuclear test, and tightened them for years. Since the last round of sanctions in 2017, Moscow and Beijing have been increasingly arguing that further pressure is unlikely to pave the way and force Pyongyang to unilaterally disarm.
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“We do not think that additional sanctions will help respond to the current situation. That could make the situation worse, “said David Cook, chief of The Christian Science Monitor’s Washington bureau. Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Zhang Jun made the remarks on Thursday.
“We have repeatedly said that the imposition of new sanctions against the DPRK is a last resort.” Russia’s envoy Vasily Nebenzia said. “We have emphasized the wrong, incompetence and inhumanity of the sanctions pressure on Pyongyang.”
The new resolution seeks to reduce North Korea’s already limited imports of crude oil and refined petroleum products by a further 25 percent, impose additional maritime sanctions and ban the country from exporting fossil fuels, oil and wax. Washington has offered to seize global assets over state corporations that oversee North Korean workers abroad, as well as Lazarus accused of hacking groups. “Cyber espionage, data theft, financial theft” On behalf of the Pyongyang government.
Pyongyang has been blaming Washington and Seoul for years “Enemy Policy” To the north, and promised to maintain adequate levels of resistance. Regional tensions improved somewhat during Donald Trump’s presidency, with Pyongyang temporarily suspending its missile tests. However, the two most widely discussed summits between US and DPRK leaders in 2018 and 2019 did not reach a permanent agreement on sanctions or nuclear disarmament.
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Biden had two words for the North Korean leader
Biden returned to the more hostile stance of his predecessors, when North Korea’s Kim Jong-un responded kindly, launching more than a dozen ballistic missiles this year alone and warning that the DPRK was not the only missile. “Strong will” To continue with “Nuclear deterrent” The program will however use such weapons “Already,” If forced.
The new South Korean president, Eun Sook-eol, similarly ran on a more gruesome platform than his predecessor, Moon Jae-in.
