The United had originally pushed for a strict oil embargo, as well as a freeze on the assets of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. The proposed resolution, however, would slap a ban on textile exports from North Korea, but drop demands for a full halt to payments of North Korea workers. It would add the name of North Korean senior official Pak Yong Sik, who helps direct the country’s missile industries, to the blacklist along with three other North Korean agencies. Britain and France -- permanent veto-wielding Security Council members along with the US, China and Russia -- have given Washington their strong backing. It remained unclear whether Russia and China would support the new raft of sanctions.

Source: Ethiopian News September 11, 2017 12:56 UTC