North’s uranium to be contract with at UN

The international community’s sluggish reaction to the revelation of a new uranium enrichment ability in North Korea is predictable to quicken later this month during a sanctions committee assembly at the United Nations Security Council. The UN Security Council is programmed to hold the meeting on Feb. 23, an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said yesterday. “The North Korea sanctions committee is regularly held every three months to review its actions over the,” said the official.

Another diplomatic source said North Korea’s nuclear programs will likely be discuss at the meeting. “There is a high possibility that the uranium enrichment issue will be on the agenda in that it is viewed as breaching UN resolution 1718 and 1874,” the source said. In November, an American nuclear scientist visit the North, Siegfried Hecker, was shown a before unknown uranium enrichment ability at Yongbyon, the site of the country’s plutonium based nuclear facility.

The meeting at the UN will follow a fresh remark by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell that Washington is working with its allies to seek an suitable venue to discuss the North’s uranium program. An internal-panel report just delivered to the committee said the uranium enrichment facility was probably genuine. Analysts said the report will likely be adopt at the upcoming gathering, after which the UN Security Council will have a stronger hand to deal with the issue.