U.S. urges strict U.N. sanctions until North Korea acts on denuclearisation
Source: Reuters
JULY 20, 2018 / 12:34 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States called on North Korea on Friday to act on its promise to give up its nuclear weapons and said the world, including China and Russia, must continued to enforce sanctions until it does so.
After informally briefing the U.N. Security Council in New York, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo complained of slippage in enforcement of U.N. sanctions on North Korea, despite Pyongyang’s failure so far to act on its pledge to denuclearise.
Haley told reporters there had been 89 violations of oil sanctions in the first five months of the year and that the United States had photographic evidence of ship-to-ship transfers.
Pompeo, who held inconclusive talks with North Korea this month, said there was a need to stop other sanctions breaches, including smuggling of North Korean coal, and to crack down on the presence of North Korean guest workers in some countries.
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