Reuters: U.N. Council Votes Unanimously to Expand Sanctions Against North Korea

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council Friday unanimously approved expanded sanctions and a trade and arms embargo against North Korea over its May 25 nuclear test.

The sanctions resolution bans all weapons exports from North Korea and most arms imports into the communist state. It authorizes U.N. member states to inspect North Korean sea, air and land cargo, requiring them to seize and destroy any goods transported in violation of the sanctions.

Both China and Russia, which had been reluctant to support punitive measures against North Korea in the past, supported the U.S.-drafted resolution, which is now binding under international law.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/06/12/world/international-korea-north-un.html