Re-posted from BBC World Serve Newshour form 5 August 2017. In this radio interview, Professor Hugh Dugan commented on the UN Security Council unanimous vote to impose sanctions on North Korea. You can hear professor Dugan’s comments here. Professor Dugan is a visiting fellow at Seton Hall University School of Diplomacy and International Relations.
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea, following the regime’s recent missile tests. Why did both Russia and China vote alongside the rest of the security council? We speak to the current British ambassador to the UN.
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