Posted on 03/03/2016 6:51:25 AM PST by Sean_Anthony
Given North Korea’s track record, the Security Council reserved the right to take further significant measures in the event of continued North Korean nuclear tests or launches
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on March 2nd that imposes tough new sanctions and tightens some of its existing measures against North Korea. Resolution 2270 (2016) was the Security Council’s latest and strongest response to the rogue North Korean regime’s ongoing nuclear and ballistic missile-related test activities in violation of a series of prior Security Council resolutions. Led by the United States, which collaborated extensively with China to reach an agreed upon text, fifty member states co-sponsored the resolution, including ten members of the Security Council.
On paper at least, the Security Council finally accomplished something of substance in dealing with North Korea’s long-standing provocations and threats to international peace and security. President Obama issued a statement following the vote that highlighted his belief in the importance of the resolution: “Today, the international community, speaking with one voice, has sent Pyongyang a simple message: North Korea must abandon these dangerous programs and choose a better path for its people.”
We will know if the sanctions work if the dictator Kim Jong-un starts losing weight.
Is the US still giving North Kprea a half billion dollars a year?
It’s like Donald Trump has said. North Korea is the puppet of communist China. The sooner we realize this, the sooner we can start constructing a North Korean policy that is based in reality.
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