US wants the United Nations Security Council to vote on draft resolution regarding North Korea

The United States wants the United Nations Security Council to vote Monday on a draft resolution regarding North Korea.

President Trump’s administration has been pushing for the United Nations Security Council to stand united as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un continues pressing for the capability to hit the continental US with a nuclear weapon. Kim has said there will be no negotiations until America’s “hostile” policies are removed.

The US has warned the United Nations that time is of the essence. North Korea’s sixth, and most powerful, nuclear bomb was detonated on Sunday. North Korea claimed it was a hydrogen device. It may launch its next intercontinental ballistic middle as soon as Saturday, the day marking the anniversary of its founding. Recently, middle tests have proven progression by North Korea in developing a middle capable of hitting the continental US.

The US said it seeks a vote Monday from the United Nations Security Council regarding a resolution on North Korea, pushing for new sanctions against North Korea after this recent nuclear test. Friday night the US informed the Security Council of its plan to call for a vote, a brief statement by the State Department said. The US would also look to impose more penalties on Pyongyang.

Japanese Defense Minister Hsunori Onodera made it clear he wanted a firm UN resolution, suggesting stronger economic penalties could convince North Korea to change its behavior. “Oil sanctions are the most effective sanctions, so I’d like to strongly ask for this,” he said Saturday via Nippon Television. Halting oil exports is far from certain, though. Even with China and Russia condemning Kim’s behavior, they have stated the main goal should be convincing Kim to negotiate and avoid a war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin claims more sanctions would be useless, and China isn’t too fond of cutting off Kim’s economic lifeline to the point of risking the collapse of Kim’s regime. China, North Korea’s main ally, is bar far North Korea’s biggest partner in trade, including oil shipments. Observations have been made that suggest Beijing could possibly come to terms with a partial, or temporary, oil exports ban. On Thursday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China will support any further actions taken by the United Nations if it helps rekindle talks with North Korea.

A draft resolution has been put into circulation by the US that would bar crude oil shipments to North Korea as well as ban the regime’s textile exports and prohibit guest workers from other countries of their employment, according to a diplomat at the world body. The diplomat also stated the proposal that has been sent to the United Nations’ 15 member Security Council includes the freezing of Kim Jong Un’s assets as well.