UN Security Council delays vote
UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (Xinhua)
-- U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said on Monday that key members of the
UN Security Council agreed to put off a vote on a draft resolution that would
slap sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over its
recent missile tests.
"We suspend here while diplomacy in Pyongyang
proceeds," he told reporters at the UN Headquarters in New York, stressing that
delay, decided by the cosponsors of the draft resolution, will not be infinite.
Bolton further explained that this decision is made
to provide maximal support for effort of a Chinese diplomatic mission to
Pyongyang.
"We're going to look at it on a daily basis," he
noted, adding that he and his Japanese counterpart Kenzo Oshima would brief the
council members on the latest developments later Monday.
The U.S. ambassador also said that the United States
wants the DPRK to return to the talks, and resume the moratorium on missile
testing. But he refused to clarify whether the United States would agree to drop
sanctions if the DPRK did so.
Japan formally presented a draft resolution on
Friday, seeking sanctions against the DPRK. The draft, cosponsored by Britain,
France and the United States, invokes Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which
authorizes sanctions or even military action. Enditem
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