U.S., Japan Seek N. Korea Sanctions Vote

The U.S. and Japan said they want a vote Saturday by the U.N. Security Council on a resolution imposing punishing sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test and demanding the elimination of all its nuclear weapons. But last-minute changes sought by Russia and China could delay a vote.

The five permanent council members the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France and Japan were to meet Saturday morning before the full 15-member council convenes to discuss the changes.

"I'm still ready to go for a vote, and we'll just have to see what the instructions are overnight, in particular from Moscow and China," U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said late Friday, adding the changes were essentially technical in nature.

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