UN to sanction N. Korean space agency
UN: The UN Security Council will order sanctions against North
Korea's space agency in a resolution to be passed this week condemning
the secretive state's ballistic launch, a diplomat said Monday.
The resolution, which also targets other government entities and
individuals linked to North Korea's nuclear weapons program, could be
passed by the 15-member council as early as Wednesday.
The United States and China have been negotiating the new measures
since North Korea staged its missile launch on December 12. “The
resolution condemns the launch and reiterates the Security Council's
previous demands that North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons program
and not proceed with further launches,” said the diplomatic source,
speaking on condition of anonymity because the resolution has not yet
been made public.
It “imposes new sanctions on North Korean companies, and government
agencies, including North Korea's space agency responsible for the
launch, and several individuals,” the source added. The UN already has
11 banks, trading companies and other entities on an assets freeze list
that has grown since the nuclear tests.
The last three were added in May last year, one month after North
Korea staged a failed rocket test.
AFP
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