The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Wednesday, at the request of the United States, to discuss North Korea’s latest missile launches, diplomats said, as Washington presses the body to 15 members to strengthen sanctions against Pyongyang.
North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a submarine on Saturday, South Korea said, the latest in a series of ballistic missile launches, which are banned by the UN Security Council.
The United States has also assessed that North Korea may be ready to carry out a nuclear test as early as this month.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the United States would like the Security Council to vote in May to further sanction North Korea. However, the veto powers of China and Russia have signaled that they oppose further action.
North Korea has been subject to UN sanctions since 2006, which the UN Security Council has intensified over the years in a bid to cut funding for Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
But the Asian state has been successfully working to avoid some UN sanctions, according to independent UN sanctions monitors, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed last month to accelerate the development of his country’s nuclear arsenal.
Source: CNN Brasil
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