UN further tightens North Korea sanctions

November 30, 2016 23:28

The UN Security Council voted to further tighten sanctions on North Korea in response to their fifth and largest nuclear test yet.

The council unanimously approved the sanctions resolution following months of diplomatic wrangling over how best to respond to North Korea's latest nuclear test in September and their repeated defiance of international sanctions and diplomatic pressure.

"The Security Council has today taken strong action on one of the most enduring and pressing peace and security challenges of our time: the nuclear and ballistic missile activities of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. I welcome the unanimous adoption of this new resolution," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is South Korean, said, referring to North Korea by its full name.

The new sanctions target North Korea's hard currency revenues by placing a cap on coal exports, cutting them by at least 62 per cent.

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