The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has urged North Korea to abandon its clandestine nuclear program and allow U.N. inspectors to return to its nuclear facilities.
A unanimous resolution adopted at its annual general conference in Vienna on Friday described as "serious problems" the North's uranium enrichment and the construction of a light water nuclear reactor.
The resolution, proposed by several countries, follows the release of an IAEA report last month that expressed concern over North Korea's nuclear ambitions. It also took serious note of the North's declaration that it is a nuclear power and announcement that it would strengthen its nuclear deterrent.
The resolution urged the Communist State to immediately abandon its nuclear program adhering to U.N. Security Council resolutions and allow U.N. inspectors to resume monitoring its nuclear facilities at Nyongbyon.
North Korea expelled IAEA inspectors three years ago. In March, the U.N. nuclear watchdog and North Korea opened talks to monitor and temporarily freeze uranium enrichment. But the talks stalled after North Korea's launch of what it called a satellite-carrying rocket in April.
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