Article: United States Signals UN Role in North Korea.

By Michael A. Lev, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jan. 21--BEIJING--An American envoy on Monday signaled the next steps the United States wants to take in a developing carrot and stick approach to diplomacy to end the nuclear standoff with North Korea.

Undersecretary of State John Bolton said the U.S. favors bringing its case before the UN Security Council, which could pursue a limited form of sanctions against North Korea, but that under the right circumstances President Bush would consider giving North Korea the written security guarantee that it seeks.

While not laying out a complete blueprint to American diplomacy, ...

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