The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on May 26 on a push by the United States to update and strengthen sanctions on North Korea following a string of ballistic missile launches by Pyongyang.
The United States, which holds the rotating United Nations Security Council presidency for this month, announced plans for the vote Wednesday.
It comes as officials in the United States have been working on a draft Security Council resolution under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations in an effort to tighten sanctions on North Korea, which it has strongly criticized for violating previous Security Council resolutions….