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		</div><p>North Korea&#8217;s senior envoy to a leading UN disarmament body says his country &#8220;categorically&#8221; rejects a Security Council resolution imposing new sanctions over its nuclear and missile programmes.</p>
<p>Han Tae Song also lashed out at the US during a plenary session of the UN&#8217;s Conference on Disarmament, saying Pyongyang denounces Washington&#8217;s &#8220;evil intention&#8221; and would &#8220;make sure the US pays a due price&#8221;.<br />
The comments came as North Korea faced renewed criticism at the Geneva-based body of its recent ballistic missile and nuclear weapons tests.</p>
<p>The UN Security Council unanimously approved new sanctions in a watered-down resolution without an oil import ban or international asset freeze on the government and leader Kim Jong Un.</p>
<p>The resolution does ban North Korea from importing natural gas liquids and condensates, but it only caps Pyongyang&#8217;s imports of crude oil at the level of the last 12 months, and limits the import of refined petroleum products to two million barrels a year.</p>
<p>It also bans all textile exports and prohibits all countries from authorising new work permits for North Korean workers &#8211; two key sources of hard currency. </p>
<p>The watered-down resolution does not include sanctions the US wanted on North Korea&#8217;s national airline and the army, but US ambassador Nikki Haley told the council after the vote: &#8220;These are by far the strongest measures ever imposed on North Korea&#8221;.</p>
<p>She stressed: &#8220;These steps only work if all nations implement them completely and aggressively.&#8221;<br />
Ms Haley noted the council was meeting on the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack.</p>
<p>In a clear message to North Korean threats to attack the US, she said: &#8220;We will never forget the lesson that those who have evil intentions must be confronted. &#8220;Today we are saying the world will never accept a nuclear armed North Korea.&#8221;</p>
<p>The final agreement was reached after negotiations between the US and China, the North&#8217;s ally and major trading partner. Ms Haley said the resolution never would have happened without the &#8220;strong relationship&#8221; between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.</p>
<p>But its provisions are a significant climbdown from the tough sanctions the Trump administration proposed last Tuesday, especially on oil, where a complete ban could have crippled North Korea&#8217;s economy.</p>
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