CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “South Korea warned that North Korea appears to be preparing to test another intercontinental ballistic missile, and the U.S. told the United Nations that the regime is ‘begging for war’ after Pyongyang on Sunday [9-3-17] set off its most powerful nuclear bomb yet.
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley on Monday called for ‘the strongest possible measures’ against North Korea at an emergency meeting of the Security Council. The U.S. is circulating a resolution for new sanctions this week that it wants to schedule for a vote on Sept. 11, she said…
New sanctions could target North Korea’s revenue from textile exports, prohibit North Koreans from working overseas and ban oil supplies to the government and military, Security Council diplomats said.
But divisions remain on how to respond to North Korea’s provocations, with the U.S., France, U.K., Japan and South Korea calling for sanctions while China and Russia emphasized direct talks.
China’s U.N. ambassador, Liu Jieyi, made no mention of additional sanctions. He focused instead on China and Russia’s proposal for North Korea to suspend its military and nuclear program in exchange for the U.S. suspending military exercises in the Korean Peninsula, to pave the way for direct negotiations—an approach Ms. Haley called ‘insulting.’ “
-Farnaz Fassihi, Jonathan Cheng, and Kate Davidson, “U.S. Urges Strong U.N. Response as North Korea Prepares New Launch,” The Wall Street Journal online, Sept. 4, 2017 07:47pm