UN Security Council postpones North Korea sanctions vote to Wednesday

Published Tue, Mar 1, 2016 · 11:30 PM

[UNITED NATIONS] The UN Security Council has postponed a vote on imposing a new raft of sanctions on North Korea to Wednesday following a request from Russia, diplomats said.

The US mission to the United Nations said "Russia invoked a procedural 24-hour review of the resolution, so the vote will be on Wednesday."

AFP

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