After intensive consultations, membe rs of the UN Security Councilfinally worked out a mu ltilateral response to North Korea ’srecentnuclear test with the adoption ofResolution 1718 on October 14. Despite thes t rict economic sanctions it imposes on Nort hKo rea under Chapter VII of the Charter of theUnited Nations, the resolution explicitlyex cludes the thre at of military fo rc e.