An independent multinational organization, the International Crisis Group, has urged the United States to make a comprehensive offer to defuse the standoff over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

The ICG said on its website that only a serious offer from the United States will put its other negotiating parties in a position to increase pressure on North Korea, should a reasonable deal be rejected.

The group claimed that North Korea almost certainly has enough bombs to deter an attack and still have some left over to sell to other states or even terrorist groups.

The ICG also alleged that it is now too late to freeze North Korea's activities at its nuclear plant at Yongbyon, as the fuel rods there previously subject to safeguards have been reprocessed and their fissile material already turned into weapons.

The organization asserted that there would be no agreement on "coercive measures" unless the United States first lays out a detailed plan of what North Korea can expect for its nuclear dismantlement by way of economic assistance and security guarantees.

The ICG has proposed an 8-stage resolution model under which North Korea would reveal and verifiably dismantle various components of its nuclear program while receiving a series of economic, energy and security benefits.

The compensations proposed by the group include normalization of diplomatic relations with Japan, exchanged liaison offices with the United States and a significant input of energy assistance and aid from South Korea, Japan and the European Union.