Ban urges UN action on Korea crisis by Magdalena Rosova

Chief on United Nations Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he hoped that Security Council would take appropriate steps regarding the sinking of a South Korean warship in March. After talks on North Korea's nuclear programme South Korea imposed new sanctions on Pyongyang. Ban told reporters that the council was aware of its responsibilities to maintain international peace and security. The council is ready to take measures to settle the situation. The actions of council should also contribute to the resumptin of the talks of the six parties over nuclear issues and other concerns. The talks included North Korea, South Korea, China, Russia, the United States and Japan. Current! ly, North Korea is under sanctions of United Nations because of its tests of nucelar devices in 2006 and consequently in 2009. Furthermore Lee Myung-bak, president of South Korea, wants to take the issue to the U.N. Security Council. Past sanctions of U.N. Security Council have taken almost all energy that economy of North Korea has left. It is not clear if there is something that 15-nation council can do about the Korea crisis. China is ally of North Korea and it holds a vetou. Therefore China can block all attempts to punish Pyongyang. South Korea did not make any specific suggestions on measures that Security Council should take. But the pressure on China may cause that China will not block action of the council. Ban firmly said that international commuinty would definitely not ignore the reults of an international investigation. The investigation showed that North Korea torpedoed the South Korean Cheonan corvette in March, which caused death to 46 sailors. It was! the deadliest clash between the two ever since Korean War.
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