Russian veto brings an end to the UN panel that monitors North Korea nuclear sanctions
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The Security Council resolution sponsored by the United States would have extended the mandate of the panel for a year.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution Thursday in a move that effectively abolishes the monitoring by United Nations experts of U.N. sanctions against North Korea aimed at reining in its nuclear program, though the sanctions themselves remain in place.