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U.N. Security Council OKs watered-down new sanctions against North Korea

Members of Korea Freedom Federation with balloons symbolizing North Korean weapons stage a rally to denounce North Korea's nuclear test in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. North Korea says it will make the United States pay a heavy price if a proposal Washington is backing to impose the toughest sanctions ever on Pyongyang is approved by the U.N. Security Council this week. The signs at right read " North Korea's nuclear ". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Members of Korea Freedom Federation with balloons symbolizing North Korean weapons stage a rally to denounce North Korea's nuclear test in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. North Korea says it will make the United States pay a heavy price if a proposal Washington is backing to impose the toughest sanctions ever on Pyongyang is approved by the U.N. Security Council this week. The signs at right read " North Korea's nuclear ". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of Korea Freedom Federation with balloons symbolizing North Korean weapons stage a rally to denounce North Korea's nuclear test in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. North Korea says it will make the United States pay a heavy price if a proposal Washington is backing to impose the toughest sanctions ever on Pyongyang is approved by the U.N. Security Council this week. The signs at right read " North Korea's nuclear ". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

By Associated Press 7 min read

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously approved new sanctions on North Korea in a watered-down resolution that eliminated a ban on all oil imports and an international asset freeze on the government and leader Kim Jong Un that the Trump administration wanted.

The resolution does ban North Korea from importing all natural gas liquids and condensates. But it caps Pyongyang’s imports of crude oil at the level of the last 12 months, and it limits the import of refined petroleum products to 2 million barrels a year.

It also bans all textile exports and prohibits countries from authorizing new work permits for North Korean workers – two key sources of hard currency for the northeast Asian nation.

U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley told the council after the vote that “these are by far the strongest measures ever imposed on North Korea … but we all know these steps only work if all nations implement them completely and aggressively.”

“Today we are saying the world will never accept a nuclear armed North Korea,” she said. “We are done trying to prod the regime to do the right thing” and now are instead taking steps to prevent it “from doing the wrong thing.”