UNSC Condemns N. Korean Rocket Launch

The UN Security Council gathered Sunday in a closed-door meeting to discuss the issue at the request of South Korea, Japan and the USA, strongly condemning the long-range rocket launch in a statement and vowing a new resolution for sanctions.

If the January 6 nuclear test were not enough, this missile test clearly demonstrates to the United Nations Security Council that the worldwide community that it must take decisive unified action to counter the North Korean threat to peace and security.

North Korea has launched has launched a rocket into space, leading to worldwide condemnation and fears the regime is testing technology for a long-range missile.

North Korea last launched a long range rocket in 2012.

“We’ll come up with something tough”, she said.

North Korea under Kim Jong Un has pledged to bolster its nuclear arsenal unless Washington scraps what Pyongyang calls a hostile policy meant to collapse Kim’s government.

“Security of South Korea and its people is exposed to threats as nobody knows how North Korea will make reckless provocations”, Park was quoted as saying at a meeting of the National Security Council by Yonhap news agency Sunday. “When pursuing its own security, one country should not impair others’ security interests”, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement. South Korea and its allies consider it to be a potential missile test.

Sunday’s launch was successful as the rocket put what Pyongyang claims was a satellite into orbit. “It’s provocative. It has repeatedly violated United Nations resolutions, tested and produced nuclear weapons and now they are trying to ideal their missile launch system”, he said.

North Korea says its rocket launches are aimed at putting satellites into orbit, claiming it has the right to the peaceful use of space.

The long-range rocket was launched from North Korea’s west coast just hours after an eight-day launch window opened Sunday morning. He added that he saw, North Korea possessed weaponry that most countries were unaware of.

China, which maintains close ties with North Korea, said deploying an anti-missile system in South Korea would only escalate tensions, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said.

Diplomats say Washington is closely consulting with Japan, South Korea, Britain and France on its discussions with China, while Beijing is keeping in close contact with fellow veto power Russian Federation.