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The United Nations Security Council has agreed to discuss North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, as the North meets with a strong confrontation ahead of the year-end deadline for negotiations with the United States. It is reported that the US has asked for discussions, but discussions on human rights issues that North Korea has rebelled against are likely to fail.

Correspondent Jeong Jun-hyung reports in Washington.

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The United Nations Security Council will discuss North Korea's nuclear and missile programs on Monday, November 11 in the United States, Reuters reported.

Reuters also said the US government has asked the UN Security Council to discuss recent North Korean missile launches and possible future provocations.

Earlier, US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft said: "I am very concerned about North Korea's 13 missile launches."

[Kelly Craft / UN Ambassador to the United States (Last 7): (Security Council) Everyone is very concerned about North Korea's ballistic missile launch. The world needs to know how serious the North Korean missile problem is.]

In response, AFP says the United Nations Security Council is likely to discuss North Korea's missile launch and provocation, instead of canceling a weekly debate on human rights issues.

The UN Security Council agreed to discuss North Korean human rights issues tomorrow on World Human Rights Day.

But after North Korea violently debated human rights issues, it was reported that the United States withdrew its support for the debate.

The US's request for the United Nations to discuss missile launches and provocations in lieu of North Korea's human rights concerns appears to be intended to prevent further provocations in solidarity with the international community without provoking North Korea.