US says enough is enough, wants UN vote on North Korea sanctions

United Nations, September 5
TThe United States wants the United Nations Security Council to vote next Monday to impose “the strongest possible” sanctions on North Korea over its sixth and largest nuclear test, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Monday.
North Korea said it tested an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile on Sunday, prompting global condemnation and a US warning of a “massive” military response if it or its allies were threatened.
China’s UN Ambassador Liu Jieyi pushed North Korea on Monday “to stop taking actions that are wrong, deteriorating the situation and not in line with its own interests and truly return to the track of solving the issue through dialogue.” Haley said the 15-member council would negotiate a draft resolution this week. She described North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un as “begging for war” and that while the United States doesn’t want conflict, “our country’s patience is not unlimited”. “Enough is enough,” Haley told the council. “Only the strongest sanctions will enable us to resolve this problem through diplomacy”.
Since 2006, the UNSC has adopted eight resolutions ratcheting up sanctions on North Korea over its ballistic missile programs. Haley said the council’s incremental approach to sanctions had not worked.
The council last month imposed new sanctions over North Korea’s two long-range missile launches in July. The resolution aimed to slash by a third Pyongyang’s $3 billion annual export revenue by banning exports of coal, iron, lead and seafood.