UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Members of the U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's claim of a nuclear test Monday, demanding at an emergency meeting that the communist nation return to six-party talks on its weapons program, U.N. ambassadors said. The United States will seek U.N. sanctions to curb North Korea's import and export of material that could be used to make and deliver weapons of mass destruction, as well as its illicit financial activities, Ambassador John Bolton said.
Bolton and key U.S. allies, including Britain and France, said they would seek a resolution under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter which would seek sanctions, going beyond a resolution adopted by the council in July after North Korea conducted seven missile tests.
Bolton told the Security Council meeting that Washington would view a North Korean attack on South Korea or Japan as an attack on the United States, U.N. diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the meeting was closed. The United States has defense agreements with Tokyo and Seoul, and thousands of U.S. troops are stationed in both countries.
