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ARTICLE · 21 SEPTEMBER 2017

North Korea Sanctions Continue To Intensify

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On September 11, 2017, the UN Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea.

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On September 11, 2017, the UN Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea. The move came only days after Pyongyang launched an underground nuclear test that may have been the detonation of a hydrogen bomb. The American Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, announced the new sanctions by declaring that "today, we are saying the world will never accept a nuclear armed North Korea."

The UN resolution imposing the sanctions was written by the United States, but only after the initial draft was withdrawn in the face of objections from Russia and China. Both countries reportedly agreed to vote in favor of the resolution only after provisions were removed that would have imposed a total embargo on oil, a total freeze on North Korean assets, and a travel ban for North Korean leader Kim Jong In.

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