UN set to warn N Korea not to test nuclear weapon

[helderheid]

By Evelyn Leopold

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council was expected on Friday to adopt a formal statement telling North Korea to abandon its planned nuclear test and warning Pyongang of unspecified consequences if it goes ahead, diplomats said.

North Korea announced on Tuesday it planned its first underground nuclear test, saying its hand had been forced by a U.S. "threat of nuclear war and sanctions."

The council's statement, drawn up by Japan's U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima, this month's council president, urges Pyongyang to cancel its planned test. It says that such action would "jeopardize peace, stability and security in the region and beyond and "bring universal condemnation by the international community."

The statement warns North Korea that a nuclear test would lead to further unspecified Security Council action "consistent with its responsibility under the Charter of the United Nations."

"We think the main point is that North Korea should understand how strongly the United States and other council members feel that they should not test this nuclear device," U.S. Ambassador John Bolton told reporters.

"And if they do test it, it will be a very different world a day after the test," Bolton said.

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[pooja]

1. Do ya'll ever think that if anyone asked other countries not to do

something, rather than tell with brute force, that they might compromise. What does it look like if a leader of a country has to relent to the pressures of the UN. Lets face it--nobody really wants a nuclear attack anywhere. So, why not ask. You know little man il man is totally selfconscience. He wears blocks on his shoes and puffs his hair high to add the illusion of height. He's a little man that wants to feel big.