UN Security Council tightens sanctions on North Korea
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Channel: africanews · 2016 · News & Politics
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution to tighten sanctions on North Korea following the country's fifth nuclear test in September this year. The 15-nation Council's resolution slashed North Korea's biggest export, coal, by about 60 percent with an annual sales cap of $400.9 million or 7.5 million metric tons per year, starting January 1, 2017. Additionally, the Security Council is banning North Korea supplying, selling or transferring coal, iron and iron ore… READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2016/12/01/un-security-council-tightens-sanctions-on-north-korea Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
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