The United States and China are among scores of countries that have reported as of Thursday having implemented UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea for continuing its prohibited nuclear activities, dpa reported. The chairman of the council's panel on North Korean sanctions told reporters that many governments have reported their cooperation with Resolution 1874, which the council adopted in June to impose a set of comprehensive measures against the Pyongyang regime. "The cooperation by governments has been very good and satisfactory," said Fazli Corman, Turkey's deputy ambassador at the UN. Corman briefed the 15-nation council on the panel's work on carrying out the resolution. He said the work was complete, including the naming in July of five companies, four of which are North Korean, that are are subject to UN sanctions because of their links to Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missiles activities.
