US ambassador Nikki Haley seeks UN Security Council resolution aimed at halting all violations of sanctions against North Korea
The US will use military force to stop North Korea from developing the capability to strike another country with a nuclear weapon if diplomatic solutions fail, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said.
Haley’s delegation plans to introduce “in the coming days” a new UN Security Council resolution aimed at halting all violations of existing sanctions against North Korea.
Haley made the comments during an emergency meeting she and her South Korean counterpart Cho Tae-yul called in response to North Korea’s recent launch of what the US military determined was an intercontinental ballistic missile. Haley called the latest missile test “a new escalation of the threat”.
North Korea heralds ‘final step towards nuclear state able to strike anywhere’
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the ICBM launch a “new escalation of the threat” to the US. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the launch “another brazen violation of UN Security Council resolutions” which “constitutes a dangerous escalation of the situation”.
