Posted on 02/24/2011 4:47:17 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
China blocks report on North Korea's new nuclear facility, UN diplomats say
China is blocking the release of a report by a UN expert panel on the revelations of a new and highly sophisticated uranium enrichment plant in North Korea, according to Security Council diplomats.
Many council members pushed for the publication of the report, arguing that all 192 UN member states should have access to its findings, according diplomats speaking on condition of anonymity.
The report which found that Pyongyang is ignoring UN sanctions and continuing its nuclear enrichment program contains recommendations on how to improve Pyongyang’s compliance with sanctions imposed after illegal nuclear and missile tests in 2006 and 2009.
“The United States supports the report and believes that it should be made public as soon as possible," US deputy spokeswoman Carolyn Vadino said.
Siegfried Hecker, a US nuclear scientist, said in November that during a trip to the North's main Yongbyon atomic complex he was taken to a small, industrial-scale and previously unknown uranium enrichment facility.
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Looks like it was just leaked
BTTT
That is just a very lengthy way to say yes. The Security Council, specifically, and the UN in general are a joke.
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