The UN is condemning North Korea once again. This follows on from a nuclear test by North Korea making them the 9th Nation to become a nculear power. North Korea joins the UN's "permanent five" - the US, Russia, China, Britain and France - and India and Pakistan, as verified nuclear powers. Israel has never declared itself but is believed to have at least 75 weapons. These nuclear tests confirm previous worries from the nations close to North Korea, in particular Japan and South Korea.

The UN has moved quickly to condemn these actions, but as I have said previously this is nothing more than a slap on the wrist with a wet bus ticket, there is no need for North Korea to listen. When the UN condemned Iran for beginning a nuclear program, Iran stood up and protested it, I see it as a real issue that there is nothing the UN can really do. They talk of Sanctions, but these will only hurt the people of North Korea and worsen the humanitarian crisis in the country.

I also see it as a little hypocritical when the 5 permenant members of the security council are tryng to condemn other nations for joining them as nuclear powers.

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The time for words has passed, if the UN is so worried about it do something. Action is all tht will work in this case and sanctions are not action they are just a way to hurt the people, they don't work. The reason the US is unlikely to treat this the same as Iraq is 1)North Korea does not have Oil and 2)North Korea can actually fight back. If the Us attacked North Korea, within minutes we would have missiles on their way whether to Japan or the United States it doesn't matter, the US intellegence shows them that it is a bad idea to try and take on someone who can fight back.