Snappy newsletters. Simple Facebook sharing. Spirited comments. Sweet features are waiting… GET THEM NOW!

Security Council Condemns N. Korea

By the Associated Press

Posted May 25, 2009 4:48 PM CDT
Email

(AP) – The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea's nuclear test as a clear violation of its resolutions. The council said in a statement today that it will begin work immediately on a new legally binding resolution addressing North Korea's violations.

The UN's most powerful body held an emergency meeting at Japan's request after North Korea conducted its second nuclear test earlier today. The council is demanding that North Korea abide by two previous resolutions, which, among other things, banned further nuclear tests and called for a return to six-party talks aimed at eliminating its nuclear program.

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin speaks to the media after a Security Council meeting about the North Korean nuclear test today.
Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin speaks to the media after a Security Council meeting about the North Korean nuclear test today.   (AP Photo)
US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice speaks to the media after a Security Council meeting about the North Korean nuclear test today.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice speaks to the media after a Security Council meeting about the North Korean nuclear test today.   (AP Photo)
US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice speaks to the media after a Security Council meeting about the North Korean nuclear test today.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice speaks to the media after a Security Council meeting about the North Korean nuclear test today.   (AP Photo)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
To report an error on this story, notify our editors.
A snapshot of the day's best news stories.
 
COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 5 comments
Observer
May 27, 2009 3:50 AM CDT
Why didn't the CIA kill the top NK leaders a long time ago? Get our troops out of the Korean pennisula now. Let Seoul deal with it at their own expense.
OWLWOMANXXXX
May 26, 2009 12:58 PM CDT
I think the West should either put up or shut up
oldgoat
May 26, 2009 6:26 AM CDT
Don't know how you plan on wiping the goverment off the face of the earth without a war that will kill millions.An attack will autmatically cause an attack on the south. How do people plan on fighting them when we are already stretched with Afghanistan? Does anybody really believe that Russia and China will stand by and let NK get overrun? Ain't going to happen. NK has been playing the world since Carter and no president has come up with a plan to combat them yet.

Copyright 2012 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. AP contributed to this report.

 
North Korea • United Nations • Japan • UN Security Council • nuclear test

More Newser Stories

UN Scrambles to Meet as World Slams N. Korea

UN Split Over Response to N. Korea Rocket

N. Korea Readies Missile for Launch

South Korea Launches In-Your-Face Military Exercise

Obama-Led Security Council OKs Nuke Resolution
NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS
Other Sites We Like:   24/7 Wall St.   |   Betty Confidential   |   BuzzFeed   |   Cracked   |   Fark   |   Timelines   |   The Frisky   |   Geek Sugar   |   NewsOne