A few hours and my blog of yesterday is wrong, traces of radiation have been found over North Korea and the UN has acted as one for a change. The UN has passed the following resolution: The BBC Reports its main aspects:
1) Demands North Korea eliminate all its nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.
2) Requires all countries to prevent the sale or transfer of materials related to Pyongyang's unconventional weapons programmes, as well as large-sized military items such as tanks, missiles and helicopters.
3) Demands nations freeze funds overseas of people or businesses connected with North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
4) Allows nations to inspect cargo moving in and out of North Korea in pursuit of non-conventional weapons.
5) Is not backed up by the threat of military force.
6) Calls on Pyongyang to return "without precondition" to stalled six-nation talks on its nuclear programme.
The next question is what will happen next? If President Bush sends in the Fleet to check ships and if by chance the North Koreans start to fire, the United States is not going to wait for over a week for China and Russia to make their minds up. It depends who checks the ships coming out of North Korea and how hard they check, the next few weeks should be interesting.
1) Demands North Korea eliminate all its nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.
2) Requires all countries to prevent the sale or transfer of materials related to Pyongyang's unconventional weapons programmes, as well as large-sized military items such as tanks, missiles and helicopters.
3) Demands nations freeze funds overseas of people or businesses connected with North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
4) Allows nations to inspect cargo moving in and out of North Korea in pursuit of non-conventional weapons.
5) Is not backed up by the threat of military force.
6) Calls on Pyongyang to return "without precondition" to stalled six-nation talks on its nuclear programme.
The next question is what will happen next? If President Bush sends in the Fleet to check ships and if by chance the North Koreans start to fire, the United States is not going to wait for over a week for China and Russia to make their minds up. It depends who checks the ships coming out of North Korea and how hard they check, the next few weeks should be interesting.
