Only China – no surprise – opposed new sanctions, stressing that “actions that heighten tension on the Korean Peninsula should not be taken.” China has agreed to Security Council resolutions against Iran on several occasions, but it has backed sanctions against North Korea on only two, both coming after the North conducted nuclear tests (in 2006 and 2009).
联合国安理会作出回应，就加强对朝鲜制裁的决议进行辩论。不出所料，只有中国反对新的制裁措施，强调“不应采取行动加剧朝鲜半岛的紧张局势。”中国曾数次同意安理会对伊朗实施制裁，但同意对朝鲜制裁决议却只有两次，而且这两次都是在朝鲜进行核试验以后（分别是2006及2009年）。