The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to impose tougher sanctions on communist North Korea.
The move follows a nuclear test carried out by the North Koreans last month, in defiance of previous UN resolutions.
The sanctions include the inspection of North Korean ships, a wider ban on arms sales and other financial measures.
The US deputy ambassador at the UN, Rosemary DiCarlo, said the new vote was a strong and united response to North Korea's "unacceptable behaviour".
She said: "North Korea chose a path of provocation. This resolution will give us new tools to impair North Korea's ability to proliferate, and to threaten international stability."
The move follows a nuclear test carried out by the North Koreans last month, in defiance of previous UN resolutions.
The sanctions include the inspection of North Korean ships, a wider ban on arms sales and other financial measures.
The US deputy ambassador at the UN, Rosemary DiCarlo, said the new vote was a strong and united response to North Korea's "unacceptable behaviour".
She said: "North Korea chose a path of provocation. This resolution will give us new tools to impair North Korea's ability to proliferate, and to threaten international stability."
The Chinese ambassador, Zhang Yesui, said the resolution showed the "firm opposition" of the world to North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
North Korea carried out a nuclear test - its second - on 25 May. It then launched a number of short-range missiles. The North has previously warned that it will use nuclear weapons in a "merciless offensive" if provoked.
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