A delayed U.N. Security Council (UNSC) vote on extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts overseeing North Korea sanctions is scheduled to take place on Thursday morning in New York, informed sources told NK News.

The U.N. website shows that a session to discuss the DPRK is scheduled for 10 a.m.

Russia is expected to veto the extension of the Panel’s mandate due to other UNSC members’ disinterest in Russian proposals to introduce sunset clauses to DPRK sanctions and reduce the frequency of Panel reporting to just once a year, according to the two informed U.N. sources, who spoke