North Korea calls new sanctions monitoring committee ‘unlawful’

• North Korea’s Foreign Minister, Choe Son Hui, criticizes the US-led sanctions monitoring team.

• The 11-member team was formed after Russia vetoed the renewal of a UN expert panel monitoring North Korea’s banned nuclear and weapons programs.

• Choe argues the new group, including the U.S. and Japan, is “unlawful and illegitimate” and a denial of the UN Charter