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Us urges nkorea sanctions { April 9 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2544241,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2544241,00.html U.N. Envoy Urges No N. Korea Sanctions Wednesday April 9, 2003 11:30 AM UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A U.N. envoy expressed hope that the Security Council would seek reconciliation in the nuclear standoff between North Korea and the United States rather than risk escalating the crisis by taking a punitive approach. The council meets on Wednesday to discuss the North's withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the global convention limiting the spread of nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency referred the issue to the council in February, saying North Korea was not complying with nuclear agreements. Maurice Strong, who is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special adviser on North Korea, said Tuesday he expects the 15 council members to ``carefully orchestrate the reconciliation'' of their views and not move in the direction of sanctions which the North has said it will consider a hostile act. But diplomats said no action is expected Wednesday because of opposition from China. The council will likely issue a very mild press statement saying it discussed the issue, council diplomats said. The United States is expected to make a stronger statement on the council's failure to condemn North Korea's withdrawal from the treaty. Strong said a council decision to do nothing on Wednesday ``could be a good result'' if its members are not ready to act. ``How it deals with it will send some important signals about the prospects for a peaceful settlement,'' he said. On Wednesday, North Korea warned Japan against raising tensions in the region, saying it was within range of the communist state's missiles. ``Japan should behave with discretion, clearly mindful that it is also within the striking range of the DPRK,'' said Pyongyang's official news agency KCNA, using the initials of North Korea's official name, Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The news agency charged that Japan's launch of its first spy satellites in late March proved there was a revival of ``militarism'' in Japan. Japan's satellite program was prompted by the 1998 launch of a North Korean Taepodong ballistic missile that flew over Japan and crashed into the Pacific Ocean just short of Alaska. On Monday, the major Security Council powers - the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France - failed to agree on a condemnation of North Korea's nuclear program because of opposition from China, which has close ties to Pyongyang, diplomats said. China said Tuesday that the Security Council has no business discussing North Korea's nuclear program. ``It is not appropriate for the U.N. Security Council to get involved in these issues,'' Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in Beijing. Strong said that China, Russia, the European Union and Annan have all been trying get North Korea and the United States to the negotiating table. He said ``sufficient progress'' has been made in bridging the gap between the sides that there is no reason for them to delay meeting. North Korea, meanwhile, warned that any Security Council action against it would undermine attempts to peacefully resolve the crisis. North Korea has warned that it would regard sanctions against its isolated regime as a declaration of war. North Korea insists on direct talks with the United States on the nuclear dispute and wants a non-aggression pact from Washington. But the Bush administration wants to settle the crisis through multilateral channels, saying North Korea's nuclear programs threaten not just U.S. interests but also those of Russia, China, Japan and South Korea. Strong said both sides now agree there need to be direct talks and multilateral talks. He said he sees no reason that both kinds of talks can't be held. According to Japan's Kyodo news agency, the United States and North Korea held working-level talks over three days last week. Kyodo said Jack Pritchard, U.S. special envoy for Korean peace talks, met with Han Song Ryol, North Korea's deputy permanent representative at the United Nations. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun will meet President Bush on May 14 for ``in-depth discussions to forge a common stance on bringing about a peaceful resolution to the North Korean nuclear issue,'' Roh's office said in a written statement on Wednesday. Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2003

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