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North Korea Watch: North Korea Wants 6-Party Talks to Continue
A North Korean soldier (C) looks at South Korean soldiers at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the Korean peninsula last week. North Korea wants six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula to continue, Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev said Sunday following talks with his North Korean counterpart, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.
AFP: N. Korea urges more talks on denuclearization of Korean peninsula: Russian
North Korea wants six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula to continue, Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev said Sunday following talks with his North Korean counterpart.
“The North Korean side several times returned to the point that the six-sided process should continue, that it is not rejecting six-sided negotiations, and that the aim of the full denuclearization of the Korean peninsula remains,” Interfax news agency quoted Alexeyev as saying.
Alexeyev made the comments in Beijing en route to Seoul from Pyongyang, where he held talks with his North Korean counterpart Kim Ky-kwan.
“My North Koreans colleagues several times mentioned that Pyongyang would not under any circumstances pass on its nuclear capabilities to another country, or use it against anyone,” Alexeyev said.
Quoting Alexeyev, RIA Novosti news agency said: “They said that only after analysing the UN resolution would they plan the subsequent character of their actions and set the outlines of the steps and measures that will be taken, including in relation to the resumption of the six-sided process in the near future.
Have the United Nations Security Council sanctions worked already?
Doubtful
Perhaps Kim Jong-Il needs to stock up on his Russian Caviar and French Cognac…….. or…….?
Stay tuned……….
The following would be sanctioned under the United Nations Security Council’s resolution:
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North Korea Watch: United Nations Imposes Arms Sanctions on North Korea
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton raises his hand during a Security Council vote Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006 at the United Nations in which the Security Council voted unanimously to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test, declaring that its action posed ‘a clear threat to international peace and security.’
Reuters: U.N. imposes stringent arms sanctions on North Korea
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose financial and weapons sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test, which the resolution called a “clear threat to international peace and security.”
The U.S.-drafted resolution allows nations to stop cargo going to and from North Korea to check for weapons of mass destruction or related supplies. It was adopted after the United States, Britain and France made some modifications to dealt with last-minute objections from Russia and China.
“Today we are sending a strong and clear message to North Korea and other would-be proliferators that there will be serious repercussions in continuing to pursue weapons of mass destruction,” U.S. Ambassador John Bolton told the Security Council’s 15 members.
The resolution requires all countries to prevent the sale or transfer of materials related to Pyongyang’s unconventional weapons programs. And it demands nations freeze funds overseas of people or businesses connected with North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
In a concession to China, the resolution specifically excludes the use of force, but allows economic sanctions and a restriction on naval and air transport.
But by allowing cargo inspection, the document still puts an international imprimatur on the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative. This was launched in May 2003 and encourages countries to interdict weapons from North Korea,
Iran and other states of concern.The U.N. Security Council votes unanimously to impose financial and weapons sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test.
The text of the resolution is here.
Flap is surprised that the United Nations Security Council passed any resolution today. Now, the question is: is the resolution meaningful?
North Korea immediately opposed the UNSC action.
North Korea’s U.N. ambassador said his country “totally” rejected the Security Council’s resolution.
North Korean ambassador Gil Yon Pak then ‘walked out” of the UNSC chambers. American Ambassador John Bolton was nonplussed.
Allah has the Bolton video here.Will North Korea respond in this manner?
An Act of War? More nuclear tests?
South Korean ambassador Choi Young-jin, speaks to the U.N. Security Council as North Korean ambassador Gil Yon Pak, top right, leaves after the security council voted unanimously on Saturday Oct. 14, 2006 to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test, declaring that its action posed ‘a clear threat to international peace and security.’
Iran is next on the UNSC agenda.
Stay tuned for the North Korea response later in the day……
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Michael Ramirez on China and North Korea
But, was the North Korean nuclear test a set-up and a FRAUD?
Results from an initial air sampling after North Korea’s announced nuclear test showed no evidence of radioactive particles that would be expected from a successful nuclear detonation, a U.S. government intelligence official said Friday.
In the meantime at the United Nations.
Members of the U.N. Security Council agreed Friday on the wording of a resolution that would clamp sanctions on the communist country. The draft, which U.S. officials said they hoped would be approved on Saturday, would authorize non-military sanctions against the North, and says that any further action the council might want to take would require another U.N. resolution.
Diplomacy takes time and time is what many diplomats have.
Stay tuned…….
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) shakes hands with former Chinese foreign minister Tang Jiaxuan before talks in Moscow October 13, 2006. Russia and China oppose ‘extreme sanctions’ against North Korea, Lavrov said on Friday.
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North Korea Watch: China Reluctant to Support United Nations Sanctions
A North Korean soldier reacts to a photographer on a passing boat, on the waterfront at the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong Thursday Oct. 12, 2006. The United States on Thursday began pushing for a new U.N. resolution that adds a travel ban on North Korea, while South Korea said it detected no abnormal levels of radioactivity after the North’s claimed nuclear test.
AP: China reluctant to back Korea sanctions
China appeared to shy away Thursday from backing U.S. efforts to impose a travel ban and financial sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test, saying any U.N. action should focus on bringing its communist neighbor back to talks.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said North Korea should understand it had made a mistake but “punishment should not be the purpose” of any U.N. response.
U.N. action “should be conducive to the de-nuclearization of the Korean peninsula … and the resumption of the talks,” he told reporters. “It’s necessary to express clearly to North Korea that … the international community is opposed to this nuclear test.”
In other words, China WILL NOT sanction their neighbor and major trading partner, North Korea.
So, how IRRELEVANT is the United Nations?
Why bother?
Even the LEFT is asking the question…….
Stay tuned.
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North Korea Nuclear Watch: Kick North Korea Out of the United Nations?
The P’unggye-yok nuclear test site. See more photos at Global Crisis Watch.
The Rosett Report (Via Austin Bay): Expel North Korea
Well, here we are. North Korea says it has conducted a nuclear test. The moment is nigh for the United Nations to follow through on its threat to retaliate with “unspecified action.â€
In the UN arsenal of inanities, that could of course mean anything from the Security Council expressing “deep concern†to the World Food Progam doubling its 2006 allocation of $102 million worth of aid — on Kim Jong Il’s terms — for “transitional assistance.â€
But seriously, if the UN has any interest whatsoever in addressing the clear and present danger of a nuclear-bomb-brandishing North Korea, there is something the UN could do, pronto. It could expel North Korea.
Kim Jong-Il doesn’t give a DAMN about the United Nations and neither should the United States in ultimately dealing with North Korea’s nuclear threat.
Kick them out?
NOPE
DIALOGUE in the United Nations as constrained/meaningless as it may be is better than UNINTENDED DEATH and DESTRUCTION.
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Michael Ramirez on the United Nations and North Korea’s Nuclear Test
Should the United Nations fail to impose meaningful sanctions against North Korea over their nuclear weapons test, the UN will fade away into IRRELEVANCY.
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North Korea Nuclear Watch: United States Proposes United Nations Sanctions Against North Korea
John Bolton — the United States ambassador to the United Nations — arrives at the Security Council in New York. The UN Security Council has begun an emergency session to discuss North Korea’s nuclear weapon test and the nomination of South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon as the new UN secretary general.
AP: U.S. proposes sanctions against N. Korea
The United States proposed stringent U.N. sanctions Monday against North Korea, including a trade ban on military and luxury items, the power to inspect all cargo entering or leaving the country, and freezing assets connected with its weapons programs.
Security council members earlier condemned North Korea for its reported nuclear test, demanding at an emergency meeting that the communist nation return to six-party talks on its weapons program, U.N. ambassadors said.
The U.S. proposals were among several ideas for a Security Council resolution that the United States shared with council diplomats after North Korea reported it conducted a nuclear test. A copy of the document was obtained by The Associated Press.
The document says that the United States wants the resolution to fall under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which deals explicitly with threats to international peace and security, as well as acts of aggression. Chapter 7 grants the council the authority to impose a range of measures that include breaking diplomatic ties and imposing economic and military sanctions to taking military action.
The NUTS of the UNSC sanctions:
• Prohibit trade in materials that could be used to make or deliver weapons of mass destruction.
• Require states make sure that North Korea not use their territory or entities for proliferation or illicit activities. Financial transactions that North Korea could use to support those programs would also be banned.
• States would have to freeze all assets related to North Korea’s weapons and missile programs, as well as any other illicit activities it conducts.
• Authorize inspection of all cargo to and from North Korea to limit proliferation.
• Ban trade with North Korea in luxury goods and military items
Flap’s recommendation:
EMBARGO
Squeeze Kim Jong-Il until he PRUNES UP.
Stay tuned…….
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Israel – Iran its “GREATEST THREAT”
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni addresses the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006.
AP: Israel Calls Iran Its Greatest Threat
The Israeli foreign minister on Wednesday warned that Iranian leaders pose the biggest threat to the world’s values because they “speak proudly” of their wish to destroy Israel and pursue weapons to achieve that objective.
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the annual U.N. General Assembly session that the international community must stand up against Iran, which she claimed is pursuing the weapons to destroy Israel, a reference to its suspect nuclear program.
“There is no greater challenge to our values than that posed by the leaders of Iran,” Livni said.
“They deny and mock the Holocaust. They speak proudly and openly of their desire to wipe Israel off the map. And now, by their actions, they pursue the weapons to achieve this objective, to imperil the region and to threaten the world.”She said Iran’s support of the Islamic militant group Hezbollah in south Lebanon showed the threat it poses to the region. The world must ensure that it enforces the U.N. Security Council resolution that ended more than a month of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, Livni said.
“There is no place for such a regime in the family of nations,” she said.
Iran is Israel’s greatest threat. If Iran develops nuclear weapon manufacturing capability, Iran will immediately warn Israel to remove its people back to some European state/location, convert to Islam or face the “FIRE” of a nuclear WMD HOLOCAUST.
Make NO MISTAKE this is Iran’s intention.
And Israel and the United States WILL NEVER allow this to happen. The United Nations/world community has been so warned.
Israel faced with ULTIMATE extinction watches with serious attention to the fecklessness of the United Nations Secuity Council and their failure to enforce UNSCR 1696. When a “POINT OF NO RETURN” is reached on Iran’s nuclear program, Israel and the United States WILL ACT militarily.
Stay tuned…….
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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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Hugo Chavez Watch: Chavez Calls President Bush “THE DEVIL” During United Nations Speech
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez acknowledges members of the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006.
AP: At U.N., Chavez calls Bush ‘the devil’
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took his verbal battle with the United States to the floor of the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, calling President Bush “the devil.”
The impassioned speech by the leftist leader came a day after Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparred over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program but managed to avoid a personal encounter.
“The devil came here yesterday,” Chavez said, referring to Bush’s address on Tuesday and making the sign of the cross. “He came here talking as if he were the owner of the world.”
Allah has the video and more: Video: Chavez flips out at the UN (Highlights added)
The White House has refused comment but Flap will respond.
American people why are we listening to Marxist Latin American dictators and Islamofascists at the United Nations which derives over 25 per cent of its support from the United States?
Isn’t it time to send the United Nations out of New York and withdraw from this useless, reckless, ineffective, racist and anti-semitic institution?
Chavez’s speech was a JOKE by a smart-ass piece of shit NUTTTER-MORON dictator. Send him home and boycott Venezulean products, including its oil.
Stay tuned…….
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Iran Nuclear Watch: NO Satisfaction for Koffi in Tehran
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan during their meeting in Tehran, Iran on Sunday Sept. 3, 2006.
AP: Annan gets little satisfaction in Iran
The U.N. chief got little satisfaction Sunday at the close of his trip to Tehran, snubbed by Iran’s leader over international demands to stop enriching uranium and ignored in warnings not to incite hatred by questioning the Holocaust.
In a provocative move on the final day of Kofi Annan’s two-day visit, Iran announced it would host a conference to examine what it called exaggerations about the Holocaust, during which more than 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis.
When will the pathetic United Nations and European
appeasersallies get it straight into their thick crania:Iran will NOT stop uranium enrichment
Iran’s government are anti-semitic Jew haters who want to wipe Israel off the map
There is NO point to negotiate further with Iran.
F-15 and F-16’s from Israel and B-2 with “Bunker Busting Bombs†will be MORE effective when a “POINT OF NO RETURN†is reached.
No more talks – PREPARE THE MILITARY DETERRENCE AND MISSILE DEFENSE.
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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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