国际英语新闻:UN Security Council meets on DPRK rocket launch
The 15-nation Council kicked off the emergency session at about3:15 p.m. EDT (1915 GMT) on Sunday at the request of the Japanese Mission to the United Nations.
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told reporters here shortly before the beginning of the meeting that Washington calls for "a strong collective action" from the Security Council.
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The president of the UN Security Council, Mexican UN Ambassador Claude Heller, reads a statement after the UN Security Council emergency session at the UN headquarters, New York, the United Nations, April 5, 2009. Claude Heller told reporters here Sunday that members of the 15-nation body "agreed to continue consulations to take appropriate actions" in response to the launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
"The session today provides us a valuable opportunity to pursue the consultation and work toward an agreement on a strong collective action," said the U.S. ambassador.
Also speaking to the press here, French UN Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert said that the Security Council "should act in an unanimous way" after the rocket launch by the DPRK.
France, together with Britain, the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK), has already begun to ponder over a draft resolution to be presented to the emergency Council meeting, diplomats said here earlier in the day.
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The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice addresses the media prior to an emergency Security Council meeting called by Japan on April 5, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York after the rocket launch of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). |
"But we really worried about the possible danger," he said. "Thank god it didn't fall anything on Japan. But it doesn't change the situation. It threatens international peace and security situation, not only Japan."
The DPRK official media reported on Sunday that the country successfully launched a rocket carrying a communications satellite, while South Korean and Russian news agencies also said it was a satellite launch.
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The Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Zhang Yesui speaks to reporters outside Security Council chambers after an emergency meeting at UN headquarters in New York, the United States, April 5, 2009. China said here on Sunday that the reaction of the UN Security Council to the Pyongyang rocket launch should be "cautious and proportionate." |
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