The United States told the United Nations Security Council late Friday that it plans to call a meeting Monday to vote on a draft resolution establishing more sanctions on North Korea, officials announced, The Hill reports.
“This evening, the United States informed the UN Security Council that it intends to call a meeting to vote on a draft resolution to establish additional sanctions on North Korea on Monday,” the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said in a statement.
Washington is pushing for the U.N. Security Council to cut off oil to North Korea, ban the nation’s exports of textiles and end the hiring of North Korean laborers abroad, Reuters reports, citing a draft resolution it saw earlier this week.
According to the news outlet, the resolution would also subject North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to a travel ban and asset freeze.
North Korean ally China and neighboring Russia hold veto power on the Security Council, as a draft resolution needs nine affirmative votes from members of the Council and zero vetoes from permanent members in order to pass.
Last weekend North Korea claimed it tested a hydrogen bomb capable of being fit onto an intercontinental ballistic missile, sparking condemnation from the international community, The Hill writes.
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