UNSC to take firm action against N. Korea nuclear test: Kim Sook
The UN Security Council is set to take “very firm and strong measures” if Pyongyang goes ahead with its planned high-level nuclear test, the council president says.
The council is “unified and they are very firm and resolute. I would expect very firm and strong measures to be taken,” said Kim Sook, on Monday.
“We cannot sit idly by and do nothing vis-a-vis some devastating provocative action done by North Korea,” sook added.
This comes after Pyongyang said on January 24 that it would launch more long-range rockets and carry out a high-level nuclear test aimed at its “arch-enemy the United States.”
On January 22, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea for launching a long-range rocket on December 12, 2012.
Pyongyang announced it had launched a long-range rocket from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, located in Cholsan County of North Pyongan Province, and successfully placed a satellite into orbit.
The rocket launch, however, drew widespread criticism from the European Union and the UN.
On December 14, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said the country would go ahead with its space program and would launch more rockets and send more satellites into orbit.
However, Washington and its allies said the North Korean rocket launch had been a cover for testing an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
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