UNITED NATIONS – A U.S.-drafted resolution seeks to have the U.N. ban all oil and natural gas exports to North Korea and order a freeze on all foreign financial assets of the country and its leader Kim Jong Un.
The draft circulated to council members Wednesday was obtained by a news agency. It would also prohibit North Korea from exporting textiles and ban all countries from hiring and paying workers from the northeast Asian nation — two key sources of foreign currency.
It would also prohibit North Korea from being part of any joint ventures or cooperative agreements.
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The draft condemns the country’s latest nuclear test and calls for a resumption of six-party talks to denuclearize the Korean peninsula.
The resolution is likely to face opposition from China and Russia, the North’s allies.