The United States is urging all UN member states to fully comply with sanctions on North Korea. <br /> In a statement Friday, the U.S. State Department welcomed a UN committee's decision to ban port entry to three vessels suspected of engaging in illicit activities with the North. <br />However, it said member states should immediately end all sales of refined petroleum to North Korea until the regime abandons its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. <br /> Meanwhile, according to Radio Free Asia on Saturday, the EU has followed the UN and included more ships on its sanctions list for banned ship-to-ship transfers of refined petroleum on behalf of the regime. <br /><br />
