Taking over the presidency of the United Nations Security Council for June, Turkey said it hoped to receive the draft text of a resolution this week regarding the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Turkish UN Ambassador Baki Ilkin told reporters at the United Nations on Tuesday.
"I am being briefed about what is going on," said Ilkin, who also chairs the sanctions committee on the DPRK under the Resolution 1718. "We have not, as a Security Council, started consultations but we are hoping to get the draft text soon."
"I don't know when 'soon' implies but I hope that we will have something over the course of this week," he added.
Together with Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK), the five permanent members of the Council -- China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States -- started talks on the text of a draft resolution last Thursday.
The 15-nation Council voiced "the strong opposition to and the condemnation of" the DPRK nuclear test later on May 25, vowing to prepare a strong response to Pyongyang.
Ilkin said that the permanent members, along with Japan and the ROK, are working on imposing measures that have "an impact" and will ultimately lead the DPRK back to six-party talks.
"It's a highly complex text," said Ilkin. "It takes time. It needs time and we must get it right."
Turkey took over the rotating council presidency from Russia, who held the council presidency for the month of May. Council members preside over the Security Council for one month. The rotation goes in English alphabetical order by country name.
Under the UN Charter, the Security Council has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.
The council has 15 members: five permanent members -- China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States -- and 10 elected by the General Assembly for a two-year term.