Under questioning, spokesman Wood said the ensuing North Korean retaliation was not a failure of U.S.diplomacy, but a failure by Pyongyang to live up to its international obligations.

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We have said that failure to live up to those responsibilities will result in action by the U.N.

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Today, the United Nations Security Council voted overwhelmingly to sanction Iran for its continued failure to live up to its obligations.

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