The draft resolution, the second proposed by the United States, also would freeze the assets of persons or entities involved in supporting North Korea's nuclear or ballistic missile programs and would ban international travel by such persons.

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In addition to condemning the nuclear test that North Korea claimed to have carried out Monday, the U.S. draft resolution demands that Pyongyang "not conduct any further nuclear test or launch of a ballistic missile" and return to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty."

It also calls for North Korea to "eliminate . . . in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner" its nuclear weapons and nuclear programs, as well as "other weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs."

The resolution would bar the supply, sale or transfer to North Korea of all weapons and luxury goods and any equipment or technology that could contribute to its nuclear programs or those related to ballistic missiles or other weapons of mass destruction.

It would empower member states to "undertake and facilitate inspection of cargo to or from [North Korea] as necessary to ensure compliance" with the resolution and to prevent illicit trafficking in banned items.

The resolution also calls for establishment of a Security Council committee to monitor the sanctions and come up with a list of individuals and entities subject to the asset freeze and other penalties.

A resolution under Chapter 7 can be enforced militarily, a step opposed by China, which wants to excluded any implicit reference to the use of military force against North Korea.

Bolton told reporters at the United Nations that the resolution's reference to acting under Chapter 7 should not be an issue. "It is simply incorrect" that the phrase "somehow authorizes the use of force," he said. He insisted that such a reference is standard language for sanctions resolutions.