The committee that monitors sanctions against North Korea said in a report to the Security Council circulated on Monday that the additions range from packaging for radioactive materials to continuous cooling systems, X-ray machines and seismic detection equipment. Other banned items now on the sanctions list include particle accelerators, concentrated forms of nitric acid, and equipment to detect, monitor and measure radiation.

US Ambassador Robert Wood told the General Assembly's disarmament committee in Switzerland on Monday that the United States is working closely with its allies and partners to exert maximum economic and diplomatic pressure on the Pyongyang regime to compel its leaders to change course and engage in talks aimed at denuclearization.