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South Korea on Wednesday hailed the adoption of a new UN Security Council resolution on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), calling it the toughest and most effective in UN history.
Seoul's foreign ministry said in a government statement that it was a resolution including tougher-than-ever sanctions against the DPRK, expressing a perfect welcome and support toward it.
Calling the DPRK nuclear test and rocket launch as "intolerable", the statement said the new UN resolution was an expression of the international community's firm will to change the DPRK's "wrong calculations" by making Pyongyang pay a harsh price for its reckless provocations that came in defiance of previous UN resolutions and the international society.
The UN Security Council unanimously approved the new sanctions against the DPRK, which conducted its fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6 and went ahead with a long-range rocket launch on Feb. 7.
South Korea vowed to make all necessary efforts, including cooperation with all UN member states, to make the resolution enforced without any setbacks, saying the country will strengthen international cooperation further to encourage the DPRK to dismantle its nuclear program "completely, verifiably and irreversibly."
Seoul urged Pyongyang to come to a road to denuclearization as early as possible by accepting calls from the international society as seen in the fresh resolution, warning that the DPRK would face more severe consequences if it conducts more extreme provocations.
The ministry said in a separate statement that the new resolution was one of the toughest and most effective non-military measures in 70 years of UN history, noting that it would reach the broader range of DPRK activities.
The new resolution was the fourth UN sanction against Pyongyang' s nuclear tests. Previous resolutions were adopted in 2006, 2009 and 2013 when the DPRK tested its nuke devices.
Two separate UN resolutions were also approved in 2006 and 2013 when the DPRK tested long-range rockets.
Seoul said new sanctions against Pyongyang would eliminate loopholes in previous resolutions to focus on cutting off resources to finance the DPRK's nuclear programs.
