U.N. expected to sanction some 10 N. Korean companies: official

SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) - About 10 North Korean companies will be sanctioned by the United Nations over the nation's recent rocket launch, a ranking official here said Monday.

Five permanent U.N. Security Council members agreed Saturday on a draft
presidential statement calling for further sanctions and condemning the North's
recent long-range rocket launch, saying it violated U.N. resolution 1718.
The resolution, adopted after the communist country's ballistic missile and
nuclear tests in 2006, bans the reclusive communist state from conducting
further tests. It also calls for U.N. member states to refrain from trading in
weapons, parts and luxury goods with North Korea.
In particular, the draft statement responding to the North's April 5 rocket
launch calls for the council's sanctions committee to list North Korean
businesses and goods to be subjected to a trade embargo.
"The statement clarifies that the sanctions committee should work out a list
containing companies and goods to be under U.N. sanctions by April 24, and some
10 North Korean companies are expected to be put on the list," the official,
asking not be named, said.
If the committee fails to present the list in time, the council is required to
take related steps by the end of the month, the official said.
"It's very unusual for the statement to call for the listing of companies and
goods to be sanctioned and designate a specific time for listing," the official
said.