UN Draft Condemns S. Korea Ship Sinking

UN has agreed to condemn the sinking of a South Korean warship by a North Korean submarine in April of this year.
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UN Draft Condemns S. Korea Ship Sinking
THE WRECK OF THE CHEONAN: A multinational investigation team concluded that a North Korean torpedo sank the South Korean warship Cheonan on March 26, killing 46 sailors. (Song Kyung-Seok/Getty Images)
7/8/2010
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10/1/2015
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THE WRECK OF THE CHEONAN: A multinational investigation team concluded that a North Korean torpedo sank the South Korean warship Cheonan on March 26, killing 46 sailors. (Song Kyung-Seok/Getty Images)
United Nations has agreed to condemn the sinking of a South Korean warship by a North Korean submarine in April of this year killing 46 South Koreans.

The draft statement, while not identifying North Korea specifically, does call for “appropriate and peaceful measures to be taken against those responsible.”

The exact language, which includes all five permanent Security Council members, took one month to be agreed upon by China and South Korea.

The Chinese regime opposed a third round of sanctions against North Korea and any direct condemnation in the draft, reported the Associated Press.

The Security Council will meet on Friday to approve the statement.