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UN declares N Korea in nuclear breach
The United Nations nuclear watchdog has declared North Korea in breach of UN nuclear safeguards and asked the UN Security Council to consider the issue. The move - the most severe the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can take - raises the possibility of economic or political sanctions being imposed on the North. Tightens the old tensions, doesn't it? Pyongyang earlier said that it would consider sanctions to be tantamount to a declaration of war but has not yet reacted officially to the IAEA declaration. Takes 'em awhile to gnaw through the straps... The Director General of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, said after the decision was announced that he would prefer a diplomatic solution. But he said that North Korea had to make the first move after having been "in chronic non-compliance since 1993". First move will be to rant and rave and denounce everyone but Dear Leader. Let's see what follows that... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-02-12 |
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