The 8,042 meeting of the Security Council is called to order. The provisional agenda for this eting is nonproliferation, democratic peoples republic of korea. The agenda is adopted. In accordance with rule 37 of the councils provision of rules of procedure, i invite the representative for the republic of korea to participate in this meeting. It is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. Members of the council have fore them document s 2017 769. That takes of the draft resolution submitted by the United States of america. The council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. Will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in please s 2017 769 aise their hand. The result of the voting is as follows. The draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously. S resolution 2375 of 2017. I now give the floor to those members of the council who want to make statements after the vote. I give the floor to the representative of the u. S. Thank you, mr. President. And thank you for calling this meeting and allowing us to have this vote. The images from space of northeast asia at night show brightness and prosperity. Surrounding a dark, lonely space that is north korea. Those images are a good illustration of where the north korean regime is today. It is alone. It is dark. And its getting darker. North koreas neighbors, its trading partners and the entire International Community are united against its dangerous and illegal actions. Todays resolution builds on what were already the deepestcutting sanctions ever leveled against north korea. Weve been down this road before. The Security Council has expressed its condemnation. Weve leveled sanctions. But today is different. We are acting in response to a dangerous new development. North koreas september 3 test of acclaimed hydrogen bombs. Today we are saying the world will never accept a nucleararmed north korea and today the Security Council is saying that if the north korean regime does not halt its Nuclear Program, we will act to stop it ourselves. Over the years, we have learned many things about the north korean regime. We have learned that it does not care about being a part of the community of decent, lawabiding nations. It has violated every United Nations resolution against it. We have learned that the north korean regime doesnt care about its own people. It has denied them the most basic necessities, to finance its weapons program. And we have learned that half measures against the regime have not worked. Previous efforts to bring north korea to the negotiating table have failed. They have repeatedly walked back every commitment they have made. Today the Security Council has acted in a different way. Today we are attempting to take the future of the north Korean Nuclear program out of the hands of its outlaw regime. We are done trying to prod the regime to do the right thing. We are now acting to stop it from having the ability to continue doing the wrong thing. We are doing that by hitting north koreas ability to fuel and fund its weapons program. Oil is the life blood of north koreas effort to build and deliver a nuclear weapon. Todays resolution reduces almost 30 of oil provided to north korea, by cutting off over 55 of its gas, diesel and heavy fuel oil. Further, todays resolution completely bans natural gas and other oil byproducts that could be used as substitutes for the reduced petroleum. This will cut deep. Further, a large portion of north koreas revenues come from exports. Revenues they use to fund their Nuclear Program. Last month we passed a resolution banning its coal and iron exports. Todays resolution bans all text till exports. Thats textile exports. Thats a hit to its revenue with these new stronger sanctions are added to those passed last month, over 90 of north koreas publicly reported exports are now fully banned. Moreover, this resolution also puts an end to the regime making money from the 93,000 north korean citizens it sends overseas to work and heavily taxes. This ban will eventually starve the regime of an additional 500 million or more in annual revenues. Beyond the 1. 3 billion in annual revenues we will cut from north korea, new maritime authorities will help us stop them from obtaining funds by smuggling coal and other prohibited materials around the world by ship. Furthermore, this resolution prohibits all joint ventures with the regime. Resulting in significantly in a significant amount of lost revenue. But more importantly, the regime can no longer obtain critically needed foreign investments, technology and knowhow needed for its commercial industries. Finally, this resolution imposes asset freezes on the most central north korean regime entities affecting both the military and the government itself. In short, these are by far the strongest measures ever imposed on north korea. They give us a much better chance to halt the regimes ability to fuel and finance its nuclear and missile programs. But we all know these steps only work if all nations implement them completely and aggressively. Todays resolution would not have happened without the strong relationship that has developed between President Trump and chinese president xi and we greatly appreciate both teams working with us. We have seen additional encouraging signs that other nations in asia have stepped up to the plate. The philippines has cut off all trade with pyongyang. Thailand has drastically cut its economic ties with north korea. And states much farther away are also doing their part. Mexico recently declared the north Korean Ambassador to its country persona nongrata. Along with strictly enforcing sanctions, these are important steps toward complete international unity. They make clear that all nations can act to deny north korea the funds to build its Nuclear Arsenal. Today is a solemn day in the United States. It is the 16th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that is killed nearly 3,000 innocent people. Most of them in this very city. It hurts as much today as it did 16 years ago. We will never forget the victims of september 11. And we will never forget the lesson that those who have evil intentions must be confronted. That day the United States saw that mass murder can come from a clear blue sky. On a beautiful tuesday morning. But today the threat to the United States and the world is not coming out of the blue. The north korean regime has demonstrated that it will not act on its own to end its Nuclear Program. The civilized world must do what the regime refuses to do. We must stop its march toward a Nuclear Arsenal with the ability to deliver it anywhere in the world. We must do that by cutting off the fuel and the funding that supports it. We dont take pleasure in further strengthening sanctions today. We are not looking for war. The north korean regime has not yet passed the point of no return. If it agrees to stop its Nuclear Program, it can reclaim its future. If it proves it can live in peace, the world will live in peace with it. On the other hand, if north korea continues its dangerous path, we will continue with further pressure. The choice is theirs. Thank you. I thank the representative of the United States for her statement. I give the floor to the representative of japan. Thank you, mr. President. Japan welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2375. We would like to he can press our great appreciation to the leadership of the United States , which has made it possible for us to adopt this resolution today. We also thank all other members of the council for their support. By swiftly adopting resolution 2375 today, after north koreas Ballistic Missile launch on the 29th of august that flew over japan, as well as sick Nuclear Tests on the third of september, the Security Council sends a clear signal to north korea and the International Community as a whole that north koreas continuation of their nuclear and Missile Development can never be accepted. We recently adopted resolution 2371 unanimously on august 5 in respon to the two Ballistic Missile launches of International Intercontinental range in july. The resolution was intended to be very impactful, with the expected effect of reducing the revenue of north korean regime by approximately 1 billion a year. The resolution we just adopted today will strengthen sanctions against north korea to an unprecedented level. Further reducing the resources that north korean regime uses to continue its illicit programs. The ban on textile exports from north korea is expected to reduce its revenue by around 800 million. The resolution also requires countries not to provide Work Authorizations for north korean workers who have been an important source of revenue for the north korean regime. In addition, the oil supply that flows into north korea is expected to be cut by approximately 30 . This is intended to make great impact on north koreas continuation of its w. M. D. Programs. Todays resolution is an urgent call for the north korean regime to change its behavior. The Security Council will not back off in the face of north koreas persistent provocations, which challenge its repeated resolutions. It is the collective will on the International Community that we will continue to put maximum pressure against north korea so that it shows seriousness and takes concrete action toward the goal of denuclearization. We should bare in mind that the Security Council has repeatedly expressed its determination to take further significant measures in the event of a further launch or nuclear test by north korea. This is again clearly stated in paragraph 31 of this resolution. A peaceful diplomatic solution, which we all want, is in the hands of the north korean regime. If north korea wants peace and security, it needs to demonstrate concrete measures for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, comply fully with the relevant Security Council resolutions, and joint statement of the sixparty talks and us this come back to the dialogue table. In the meantime, all members of the United Nations must show their renewed commitment to rigorously and thoroughly implement the existing Security Council resolutions, including 2371 and 2375 that we just adopted. Japan will continue to work very closely with the Security Councilmembers and all other Member States to reach a comprehensive solution to the problems related to north korea. Thank you, mr. President. I thank the representative of japan for his statement. I give the floor to the epresentative of france. [speaking foreign language] unanimous adoption of resolution 2375. Which strengthens the United Nations sanctions on north korea. I would like to thank the permanent representative of the United States, nikki haley, and her team. I would like to also thank every Single Member of the council, thank them for their determined commitment to this. Mr. President , the tragic anniversary of the 11th of september that we commemorate today leads me to he can press once again our profound sympathy towards our american friends and to all of the countries who have been hit by terrorism. This commemoration and the graphicity surrounding it gravity surrounding it invites us also to rise collectively to the height of the collective responsibility on the council on the most crucial issue of all, the issue of war and peace and the conditions of peace. And it is this question that brings us together today. On the topic of north korea. And that is why on behalf of france, i would like to send today three messages of political nature and express them if the form of three requirements. The first one, the first demand, is the need to be lucid when it comes to the development of the threats were facing. Lets make no mistake. After the intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches this nuclear after the test, unprecedented scope on the third of september, the threat changed in regional, it became global, from virtual, it became immediate. And from being serious, it became existential. And this is illustration of how this threat places demands on us. It brings us together. Id also it also shows us how we need to have a strong and united reaction of the Security Council, something that france called for from the beginning, and without reservation. The first demand placed on us, a central nature, is the need to be firm. Give them thelong rush forward of the irresponsible measure of the regime and the contempt for its international obligation, it is necessary now more than ever to work in unison with determination and end quickly. We need to react to this attack against peace and security and the legal system on which it is based. The resolution that we have just adopted is an important and necessary step in this direction. In order to put maximum pressure on the north korean regime. This robust resolution trengthens and indeed widens and does this in a way which is very significant and targeted. It winds the sanctions regime in several widens the sanctions regime in several areas. Im referring to unprecedented constraints on the sectors of the economy which directly feed the north korean regime, such as, for example, the textile sector and north korean workers. I am referring also to the important restrictions placed on the exports of oil to north korea. And this resolution also strengthens the tools we have at our disposal in order to present the wardens of sanctions, in particular in the maritime area. The last report of our exports confirmed this, the north korean regime is becoming increasingly creative when it comes to avoiding sanctions that have been placed on it. Well, lets react to it by also being very creative. Mr. President , this is not just simply being determined and resolute in words. The sanctions are not a light motif without a goal. Theyre not an end in themselves. Area united reaction, a firm and unequivocal response today meets an objective. On the one hand were reacting to the unjustifiable attitude by pyongyang and also avoiding sending any signal of impunity given violations of our own resolutions. But also, and as i said, it also maximizes the pressure on the north korean regime and does this in order to bring them back to honoring their obligations and to reason. In this context, the third demand logically and chronologically is the requirement for diplomacy. And the determination that weve expressed today, hopefully that will open the way to diplomacy. The convict of my country, france, mr. President , is that maximum determination today in the form of strengthening sanctions, it is our best tool in order to promote a political settlement tomorrow. And the opposite is also true. Everything that will be perceived by the north korean regime as a sign of weakness, a division amongst us, will encourage them to continue with provocations and objectively will heighten the risk of extreme escalation. Firmness imply, the that we display today is the best antidote we have, given the risk of confrontation. And is also our best opportunity to open the way to a political solution. Which needs to be based, we think, on the complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. We therefore are not closing the door to dialogue. We have never closed the door to dialogue. Its a north korean regime which persists through its irresponsible attitude and unacceptable attitude to reject dialogue. For as long as they will remain deaf to our injunctions, for as long as they will continue from provocation to provocation and will heighten their threats, we will have no other choice but to heighten our response through pressure. Its the only solution to bring north korea back to the negotiating table. And open the way to the needed political and diplomatic resolution of this issue. Mr. President , for france, these are the three complimentary requirements that need to be guiding us. Lucidity, when it comes to the existential nature of the threat, being as firm as possible while reacting to it, and diplomacy as our horizon. In the service we hope of a political solution in order to resolve the Nuclear Crisis in north korea. Our security of everyone is at stake. And together with a nonproliferation regime, which is the backbone, we need to react and we invite all of the parties to continue together down this demanding path. I thank you. I thank you the representative of france for his statement. I give the floor to the representative of the United Kingdom. Thank you, mr. President. Just over a week ago, north korea sent a brazen message of provocation. A message of blidgerans. A sick nuclear test carried out once again in clear contempt for the Security Council, the region and the International Community. Today through the unanimous adoption of the resolution, we have sent a message of our own. In response. Through this vote we have made clear that we will not stand idly by in the face of such aggression. That we will not