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U.N. TO VOTE ON NEW NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK | 2 MARCH 2016

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A U.N. Security Council vote on the toughest sanctions on North Korea in two decades has been postponed until Wednesday morning (1500GMT) at Russia's request, the United States and France said.

The U.S. and North Korea's traditional ally China spent seven weeks negotiating the new sanctions, which includes mandatory inspections of cargo ships leaving and entering North Korea, in response to Pyongyang's latest nuclear test and rocket launch.

The final draft, obtained by The Associated Press, would eliminate loopholes in previous sanctions resolutions and impose new ones. But it stresses that the new measures are not intended to have "adverse humanitarian consequences" for civilians, the majority who face economic hardships and food shortages.

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