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| The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed on a new set of restrictive measures against Pyongyang following the North Korea's latest missile tests. Having reaffirmed the UN's previous stance on the issue, the international body further sanctioned several of North Korea's exports. | The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed on a new set of restrictive measures against Pyongyang following the North Korea's latest missile tests. Having reaffirmed the UN's previous stance on the issue, the international body further sanctioned several of North Korea's exports. |
| The US-drafted resolution bans North Korean exports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood. | |
| It also prohibits increasing the current numbers of North Korean laborers working abroad, new joint ventures with Pyongyang and new investment in joint ventures. | |
| Speaking at the Security Council meeting, the US envoy to the UN said the new resolution is the hardest package of sanctions against any country.Washington "is taking and will continue to take prudent defensive measures to protect ourselves and our allies" from the North Korean threat, Nikki Haley said. | |
| The US ambassador also called on the 15-member body to implement "further action." | |
| Meanwhile, having reaffirmed its support for the so-called Six Party Talks and for the commitments "set forth in the Joint Statement of 19 September 2005 issued by China, the DPRK, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United States," the new UN resolution called for the resumption of those negotiations. | |
| Saying that the talks are aimed at "the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner," it once again called on Washington and Pyongyang "to respect each other's sovereignty and exist peacefully together." |