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title: "US circulates revised UN draft resolution on N. Korea sanctions: diplomats"
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# US circulates revised UN draft resolution on N. Korea sanctions: diplomats

> The United States circulated late Sunday a revised draft resolution on an eighth set of sanctions against North Korea among its Security Council partners, according to diplomats.

By AFP · Published 11 September 2017, 07:23 SAST

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The Security Council is set to vote Monday on the US-led effort to impose harsher new sanctions against North Korea following Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test.

The new draft, while slightly less tough than the original, includes a "progressive" oil embargo on North Korea, diplomats said. DM