The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday to pass a resolution that adds more than a dozen North Koreans and four entities in North Korea to a sanctions blacklist in response to the nation’s ongoing missile tests for its nuclear weapons program.
Instead of relying on the council’s North Korea sanctions committee, the U.S. persuaded China to support the public vote, dealing a more assertive condemnation of North Korea. However, an effort to persuade China to approve more sanctions was not approved because it did not get Chinese support.
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