UN Security Council Archives

New U.N. Resolution Seeks to Restrict Oil Exports to N. Korea

SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on a new resolution on Monday in New York, which puts caps on exports of crude oil and petroleum products to North Korea in response to the country’s defiant nuclear test earlier in the month, news reports said. A revised [...]

U.N. Security Council Strongly Condemns N. Korean Launch

SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea’s long-range rocket launch Sunday, vowing to “expeditiously adopt a new resolution” with significant measures and calling the launch a “dangerous and serious violation.” “The members of the Security Council strongly condemn this launch,” Venezuelan U.N. Ambassador Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno, the [...]