UNITED NATIONS, United States: UN Security Council diplomats were negotiating a draft statement on Friday (Saturday in Manila) that would push for tough sanctions on North Korea to be enforced worldwide after Pyongyang’s latest test-firing of medium-range missiles.

The draft statement, obtained by Agence France-Presse, requests that all UN member-states report no later than May 31 on the “concrete measures” they have taken to implement the sanctions resolution.

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