United Nations/North Korea: UN Security Council Considers North Korea Draft Resolution.

Section: General News - The U.N. Security Council is considering new sanctions against North Korea for its recent underground nuclear test, including cargo inspections and a total embargo on the export of arms.

More than two weeks after North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test and launched several short-range missiles in violation of existing U.N. resolutions, the Security Council began considering a draft resolution that condemns Pyongyang's behavior. The proposed resolution would increase existing sanctions, while adding some new provisions aimed at curtailing the regime's nuclear activities.

The text is the result of intensive negotiations among the …