The United States is pushing the UN Security Council to further sanction North Korea over its renewed ballistic missile launches by banning tobacco and halving oil exports to the country, according to a draft resolution reviewed by Reuters.

According to Reuters, the US circulated the draft to the 15 council members. It was not immediately clear if or when it could be put to a vote. A resolution needs nine "yes" votes and no vetoes by Russia, China, France, Britain or the US.
US special envoy on North Korea, Sung Kim, told reporters last week that the US had discussed the draft UN text with China and Russia, but "unfortunately, I cannot report that we have had productive discussions with them thus far."
US and South Korean officials and analysts have also said there are growing signs that North Korea could also soon test a nuclear weapon for the first time since 2017. The US-drafted UN resolution would extend a ban on ballistic missile launches to include cruise missiles or "any other delivery system capable of delivering nuclear weapons," the report said.
It would halve crude oil exports to North Korea to 2 million barrels per year and halve refined petroleum exports to 250,000 barrels. It would also ban North Korean exports of "mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation."
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is known as a chain smoker – and the draft resolution would ban exports to North Korea of tobacco and manufactured tobacco.
North Korea has been subject to UN sanctions since 2006, which the UN Security Council has steadily – and unanimously – tightened over the years in to cut off funding for Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.