The U.N. Security Council on Friday punished North Korea for its second nuclear test, imposing tough new sanctions, expanding an arms embargo and authorizing ship searches on the high seas.
In a sign of growing global anger at Pyongyang’s pursuit of nuclear weapons in defiance of the council, the North’s closest allies Russia and China joined Western powers and nations from every region in unanimously approving the sanctions resolution.
via North Korea Sanctions Unanimously Expanded By U.N. Security Council.
LOL That’s the UN for you, useless in the face of evil as usual. We’ve had very strong sanctions against North Korea for decades and they have achieved absolutely nothing except for the ongoing misery of the North Korean populace.
The equivalent of a “strongly worded memo” isn’t going to sway Kim Jong Il or his band of thugs.
I agree… More sanctions will do nothing but add fuel to the fire.