UN to urge N Korea to back down« Thread Started on Oct 6, 2006, 4:14am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------UN to urge N Korea to back down06/10/2006 09:28 - (SA) read at source: http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News ... 00.htmlNew York - World powers were set to adopt a joint statement on Friday urging North Korea to abandon plans to test a nuclear bomb as the next UN chief said he was ready for a diplomatic mission to Pyongyang. The expected UN Security Council text, which does not explicitly threaten sanctions, would be weaker than the US and Japan had requested amid disagreement over how to rein in the communist state