US intends to monitor North Korean nuclear weapons with or without UN, ambassador says

The United States and its allies are discussing options "both inside and outside the U.N. system" to create a new mechanism for monitoring North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, the American ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday.Russia last month vetoed a U.N. resolution in a move that effectively abolished monitoring by U.N. experts of Security Council sanctions against North Korea, which prompted Western accusations that Moscow was acting to shield its arms purchases from North Korea to fuel its war in Ukraine."I look forward to engaging with both...