Susan Rice, the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, said that if the draft resolution is adopted, the Security Council will have to convey the message that North Korea's behavior is unacceptable, that they have to pay a price, and that they have to come back to the negotiation process without any preconditions or else the consequences will be serious.
The draft resolution strengthens sanctions against the DPRK on the basis of relevant resolutions such as the 1718 resolution adopted by the Security Council in October 2006. The draft resolution imposes a total ban on the DPRK's arms exports and a ban on the DPRK's imports of weapons other than small arms and light weapons; it provides for a number of unprecedented inspection measures, whereby States are not only obliged to inspect and collect DPRK's embargoed items under their respective jurisdictions, but also to inspect DPRK vessels suspected of carrying embargoed items on the high seas, and Member States are obliged to subject suspected vessels flying their own flags to inspections; The draft also provides broad measures on the financial front to prevent money from flowing into the DPRK for activities such as missiles and nuclear weapons.
The Council members are likely to vote on the draft later this week (June 8-14, 2009), it is understood.