US to Bring DPRK Nuclear Issue to UN Security Council

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US to Bring DPRK Nuclear Issue to UN Security Council

US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday the Bush administration might formally bring the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear issue to the United Nations' Security Council.

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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday the Bush administration might formally bring the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear issue to the United Nations' Security Council.

"We'll be discussing it," said Powell, who will attend a UN Security Council meeting on counterterrorism on Monday.

"Right now, it is being considered by the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), and I hope that the board of governors willmeet in the not-too-distant future in Vienna and from that meeting,they can refer the matter to the Security Council," he told CNN's "Late Edition."

Earlier this month, the DPRK decided to withdraw from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is aimed at curbing the spread of atomic weapons, after the IAEA ordered the DPRK to readmit its monitors who were expelled on New Year's Eve.

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