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| Abe wants tough UN sanctions on NKors | |
| 2006-10-10 | |
| TOKYO - Japan said on Tuesday it would push for the UN Security Council to swiftly impose tough sanctions on North Korea in response to the communist state’s declared nuclear test. Tokyo renewed its backing for a US call to invoke Chapter VII of the UN charter, which provides for mandatory sanctions or, as a last resort, military action, in response to threats to international peace and security. ‘Japan is demanding a UN resolution that refers to Chapter VII,’ said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki, the government spokesman. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in his first cabinet meeting since returning from a trip to China and South Korea, said Japan was determined to take a tough line against North Korea. ‘North Korea’s latest announcement is a serious challenge against Japan’s security. And it also is a grave threat against the peace and security of East Asia and the international community,’ Abe told cabinet members, as quoted by Shiozaki. ‘Japan strongly protests against North Korea and condemns its move, while seeking a rapid response at the UN Security Council in cooperation with other countries,’ Abe said.
Shiozaki said he could not confirm a report by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency that intelligence officials in Seoul believed Pyongyang may conduct another test. Japan is ‘strengthening its efforts to gather and analyze related information,’ Shiozaki said, adding that he had not heard information from Seoul on another test. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Let's get them on record vetoing. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-10-10 16:26 |
| #4 PRC will veto anything that drastic. But they'll probably serve up limited sanctions as a substitute. Getting them to vote for any sanctions will at least break precedent, and send the NKors a message. Inspections of NKor ships could be particularly humiliating - tied in with personal sanctions on travel, etc by Nkor higher ups, just might get Nkor generals contemplating the fate of the Ceaucescus(sp?) |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-10-10 16:19 |
| #3 You can be sure China / Russia will veto any action by the UN.... Anything going in should be distributed directly by SKOR or USAID (not the UN!) - and have a big farking 'From the USA' on the sack in Korean. Not this rebranding as coming from Kimmie-boy-the-baby-killer shit. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-10-10 08:48 |
| #2 I agree, nothing in, nothing out -- but I'm sure you're correct, despite the well-known fact that orphans only get to look at the food rather than eat it. Video |
| Posted by: exJAG 2006-10-10 08:23 |
| #1 "Tough sanctions" to me would include a total blockade of NKor -- nothing in, nothing out. But the starving children, puppies, kittens, and fluffy bunnies will obviate that, won't they? |
| Posted by: Fred 2006-10-10 07:42 |