NEW YORK (Kyodo) Japanese Ambassador to the U.N. Yukio Takasu said Thursday that Kyoto University professor Masahiko Asada has been appointed to a seven-member panel to assist with implementation of U.N. sanctions against North Korea.
The seven, selected by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, are from the five permanent U.N. Security Council members — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — as well as Japan and South Korea.