By Bill Varner
Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations Security Council voted 15 to 0 to adopt a resolution that punishes North Korea for a suspected nuclear-bomb test Oct. 9 and demands that the communist nation not conduct any further tests.
The UN action, which U.S. President George W. Bush called ``swift and tough,'' bars the sale or transfer of missiles, warships, tanks, attack helicopters and combat aircraft, as well as missile- and nuclear-related goods to the North Korean government. It calls for UN member nations to conduct ``inspection of cargo'' going to or from North Korea.
The resolution ``says that we are united in our determination to see to it that the Korean peninsula is nuclear- weapons-free,'' Bush told reporters this afternoon. The president also said that if North Korea verifiably ends its weapons program, the U.S. and other nations will provide economic help. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said the U.S. would ``ensure that North Korea faces serious consequences if it continues down its current path.''
North Korea, also called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, ``totally rejects'' the resolution, Ambassador Pak Gil Yon said. ``If the U.S. increases pressure on the DPRK, persistently, the DPRK will continue to take physical counter measures, considering it as a declaration of war.''
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