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U.S. calls for sanctions against North Korea

WASHINGTON (CNN) – The United States circulated a draft resolution Monday to U.N.
Security Council nations calling for stiff weapons sanctions and other restrictions on
North Korea following its claim to have conducted a nuclear test.

The United States also is proposing a U.N. embargo on any goods or materials that
could be used in Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programs.

Security Council members will resume closed-door discussions of the proposals
Tuesday.

The council voted unanimously Monday for a statement opposing North Korea’s
reported test, but it is unclear whether the council will favor economic sanctions.

John Bolton, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said he is “strongly encouraged
by the mood of the council.”

“No one even came close to defending it,” Bolton said.

Japan also added its own proposals to deny North Korean ships and planes
permission to enter to other territories, to ban the import of any North Korean products
and to ban travel by high-level North Korea officials.

The U.S. draft calls for an overall arms embargo, prohibitions on any financial
transactions that might support missile activities, a freeze on any assets related to
North Korea’s weapons programs, measures to prevent counterfeiting by North Korea
and a ban on luxury goods.

The draft also calls for North Korea to cease any missile and nuclear-related activity
and return to the six party talks.

The proposal would review North Korea’s reaction 30 days from adoption of the U.N.
resolution.

Senior U.S. officials said the United States will push for a Security Council resolution
under Chapter 7 of the organization’s Chapter 7 of the organization’s charter that deals
with “threats to the peace” and “acts of aggression.”

Discussions are under way in New York among key Security Council members –
the United States and the other four veto-holding members: Britain, China, Russia and
France – as well as Japan.

Both Russia and China have voiced opposition to sanctions against Iran for its nuclear
program. Ambassadors from both countries were vague on whether they also would
oppose sanctions against North Korea.

President Bush on Monday said North Korea’s claim that it has tested a nuclear device
is a threat to international peace and said the world “will respond.”

“The transfer of nuclear weapons to states or nonstate entities would be considered a
grave threat to the United States,” Bush said. “And we would hold North Korea fully
accountable to the consequences of such action.”

Bush said the United States was trying to verify North Korea’s claims.

The United States and its allies have been urging North Korea to rejoin six-party talks
aimed at persuading the reclusive communist nation to abandon its nuclear arms
program.

China, a close ally of North Korea's, denounced the claimed test as “brazen,” and
South Korea said it would respond “sternly” to a move that experts said raised fears
of nuclear terrorism and a regional arms race.

Pak Kil-yon, North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations, said the council
should “congratulate” his country’s scientists and researchers “instead of [issuing]
such notorious, unless and reckless resolutions.”

Pak called the test “very, very successful,” saying it will contribute “to the maintenance
and guarantee of peace and security in the peninsula and the region.”

When asked if North Korea plans to conduct further tests, Pak told reporters that “will
be enough, you don’t think so?”

The announcement was made as South Korea Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon was
formally nominated to become the next U.N. secretary-general, to succeed Kofi Annan.

Ramifications of North Korea’s move

When North Korea warned last week that it intended to conduct a nuclear test,
international analysts said it could unleash a regional arms race and give a virtual
green light to Iran, which the United States suspects wants to develop nuclear
weapons. Experts also fear North Korea may allow terrorists such as al Qaeda
access to its nuclear technology.

“This immediately affects the calculations of South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, all of
whom might decide that they need to have their own independent nuclear arsenal as
well,” said international security analyst Joseph Cirincione of the Center for American
Progress. “If North Korea gets away with this, Iran will be encouraged to go forward.”

Bush said North Korea “remains one of the world’s leading proliferators of missile
technology, including transfer to Iran and Syria.”

If confirmed, the test would be the first of its kind since Pakistan detonated an
underground nuclear weapon in May 1998, said Hans Kristensen of the Federation of
American Scientists in Washington. North Korea would be the eighth nation to
conduct a successful test openly, he said.

North Korea recently has test-fired seven missiles, including a long-range ballistic
missile in July, but it’s unknown whether Pyongyang possesses the high-technology
expertise to construct a nuclear device small enough for a missile delivery system.

Countries monitor activity

The apparent nuclear test was conducted at 10:36 a,m. Monday in Hwaderi near Kilju
city, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, citing defense officials.

South Korea’s state geology research center detected a 3.58-magnitude “artificial
earthquake” in a remote area of North Korea’s North Hamgyeong province, according
to the news agency. Judging from the seismic tremor, the center said the power of the
explosion was equivalent to around a half-kiloton of TNT explosives, Yonhap reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey Web site recorded a light 4.2-magnitude earthquake in
North Korea at 10:35 a.m., about 240 miles (385 kilometers) northeast of Pyongyang.

South Korea’s Defense Ministry raised its military alert level.