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North Korea Watch: United Nations Security Council Vote on North Korea Postponed

July 10, 2006 /
John Bolton, US ambassador to the United Nations answers questions outside the Security Council’s chambers at the U.N., in New York after the five permanent members of the council met with the ambassador to Japan to discuss North Korea, Monday, July 10, 2006.

AP: U.N. vote on N. Korea resolution delayed

The U.N. Security Council’s five permanent members and Japan agreed Monday to postpone a vote on possible sanctions against North Korea for its missile test that rattled the region last week.

France’s U.N. Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere, the current council president, said there would be no vote Monday. China’s U.N. ambassador said that council members have agreed to continue discussions on the Tokyo-sponsored resolution.

Ambassador Wang Guangya told reporters after a meeting with envoys from Russia, the United States, Britain, France and Japan that the resolution would have to be altered for the council to approve it.

“If they wish to have a resolution, they should have a modified one, not this one,” he said.

China’s consideration of any resolution was considered significant, since Wang had been pressing for a weaker Security Council statement, which would not be legally binding.

U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Washington would look at any Chinese suggestions for changes, and the council would reevaluate “on a daily basis” whether to proceed with a vote.

The United States and Japan should force China to veto the tough, binding Chapter 7 resolution, including economic sanctions.  Russia will abstain.

The Kyodo News agency, citing unidentified Japanese officials, reported that Japan and the United States were seeking a renewed moratorium by North Korea on missile testing, and its unconditional return to six-party talks on its nuclear program, in exchange for no sanctions.

Force the issue and vote.

North Korea has a few days to “save face”and accept Japan’s terms.

Stay tuned……

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