On north korea that will cut oil supplies vital for pyongyangs missile and nuclear programmes. With chinas backing, the council in new york voted unanimously to adopt the us drafted resolution. The sanctions also force north koreans working overseas to return home, cutting off another revenue stream for kim jong uns regime. The bbcs nada tawfik is at the un. This is the tenth Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on north korea. None before it has convinced kim jong un to abandon his nuclear programme, but diplomats hope this resolution will bite hard enough to change the regimes calculus or at the very least, restrict its ability to carry out Additional Nuclear americas un Ambassador Nikki Haley warned there would be repercussions if pyongyang continued on its course. Todays resolution achieves an 89 total reduction of the kim regimes ability to import gasoline, diesel and other refined products, and should the north korean regime conduct another nuclear or Ballistic Missile
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