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China-Japan-Koreas
U.N. debate on N. Kork rocket launch to be delayed forever
2012-12-25
SEOUL, Dec. 24 -- The U.N. Security Council is unlikely to decide on its response to North Korea's recent rocket launch by the end of this month because of China's apparent reluctance to impose new sanctions against the North, Seoul officials said Monday.

North Korea's Dec. 12 rocket launch drew swift condemnation from the Security Council, which has pledged to take an "appropriate action" against the North for violating U.N. prohibitions that ban Pyongyang from carrying out any long-range missile development.

Discussions at the Security Council on the North Korean launch, however, have made little progress as China, the North's closest ally and a veto-wielding council member, has not responded to calls from Seoul and Washington to order tougher sanctions against Pyongyang, said a senior official at Seoul's foreign ministry.
And they won't, since they approved the launch before-hand...
"Unless there is a significant breakthrough, there will be a high possibility that the discussion at the U.N. Security Council would continue past this month," the official said on the condition of anonymity.

Another ministry official said there is little appetite on the Chinese side to support new Security Council sanctions against North Korea.

"China has not delivered its clear-cut opinion about a U.N. action against North Korea," said the official. "At this stage, it will be difficult to judge what kind of response the Security Council would decide."
Somewhere between a declaration and a sternly-worded declaration, I should think...
China, which has a track record of hindering tougher U.N. measures against North Korea, expressed "regret" over the North's launch, but said any U.N. response to Pyongyang should be "prudent."
Posted by:Steve White

#1  Yup, UN (Delay stall and overlook)
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2012-12-25 22:04  

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