U.S. has votes to impose sanctions against N. Korea, official says

I'll believer it when I see it.

WASHINGTON - A top U.S. official said America has the votes in the United Nations to level sanctions against North Korea.

State Department Undersecretary Nicholas Burns made that statement Sunday as other officials pressured China to back such a move. The North Korean ally, along with Russia, has so far resisted supporting sanctions.

Both those nations have veto power over any U.N. Security Council resolution to punish the Korean dictatorship for building nuclear bombs and defiantly launching seven test missiles last week.

China sent a delegation to the North Korean capital of Pyongyang Sunday, but Burns seemed confident China and Russia would swing to the U.S. side on sanctions.