1. a) Who is the U.S. Secretary of State? 
b) What is surprising to the Secretary about world reaction to North Korea's reported nuclear weapons test?

2. a) List the 5 permanent U.N. Security Council members. 
b) Why do you think Japan was included in the meeting with the five permanent Security Council members yesterday?

3. a) Define sanctions. 
b) What sanctions will be imposed on North Korea if the U.S. draft resolution is passed at the U.N.?
c) What additional measure did the Japanese delegation propose adding to the resolution? 
d) If the proposed draft is passed by the Security Council, why must the U.N. Member States comply with the resolution?

4. a) How many times has China voted for U.N. sanctions against any country?
b) Why do you think this is so?

5. a) List the countries that have been involved in the Six-Party Talks with North Korea. 
b) How did these talks originally come about?  (Read an explanation of the Six-Party Talks at Wikipedia.org.)
c) As a result of illegal acts committed by the North Korean government, including the counterfeiting of U.S. money, the U.S. froze North Korea's overseas bank accounts in September 2005.  Pyongyang then refused to participate in further Six-Party Talks.  They insist on negotiating directly with the U.S.  What is U.S. policy on talking with North Korea?

6. a) Why did North Korean officials say they had conducted a nuclear test? 
b) How did Secretary of State Rice respond to North Korea's threats?