U.N. Votes Unanimously on Resolution Against N. Korea

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It requires all U.N. members to prevent imports from or exports to North Korea of missiles and missile-related items as well as materials that could be used in weapons of mass destruction.
To avert a veto from China, the resolution does not mention Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which is used on a legally binding document. But Security Council members say the resolution is mandatory because of the way it is worded.

Some background Via Washington Post

The U.N. Security Council has reached a tentative deal to adopt a resolution demanding North Korea suspend its ballistic missile program, after agreeing on a compromise to avoid a Chinese veto, several council diplomats said.

The ambassadors from Britain, France and the United States all said they expected the resolution to be adopted Saturday afternoon.

“We’ll see here in short order. I’m confident,” U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said.

The council has struggled for days over how best to respond to North Korea’s July 5 flurry of missile launches, which provoked an international outcry.

Negotiations went into the evening Friday with the council split over whether the resolution should be adopted under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which allows for military force to make sure the resolution is obeyed.

China threatened to veto any mention of Chapter 7, and Britain and France offered language that would remove any reference to it, a council diplomat told The Associated Press.

Instead, the draft would emphasize the council’s “special responsibilities for the maintenance of international peace and security,” the diplomat said on condition of anonymity because the proposal was still secret.

Morning Coffee

We will see if the UN has the balls to back up its “tough talk”.

Atlass Shrugs says Bolton is the man!
Hot Air will have video of Bolton’s press conference.

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