UN Security Council Emergency Meeting Unable to respond to North Korean missile launch

An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council was held following the launch of a ballistic missile by North Korea on the 19th.

Western countries blamed the launch and demanded that a statement be compiled as a violation of the Security Council resolution, but China and Russia opposed and could not show a consensus response.

North Korea launched a ballistic missile on the 19th, and the next day announced that it had succeeded in launching a new SLBM = submarine-launched ballistic missile.

In response to this, the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting privately on the 20th at the request of the United States and other countries.

Prior to the meeting, United Nations Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Greenfield told reporters, "It is unacceptable because it violates multiple Security Council resolutions. North Korea's missile development threatens the peace and security of the international community." , Blame North Korea.

He said, "The United States is calling for a dialogue without preconditions, making it clear that there is no hostile intent," and asked North Korea to return to the dialogue.

France, Ireland and Estonia also met jointly and strongly condemned the launch.

However, according to UN diplomatic sources, at the meeting, China and Russia opposed the compilation of the statements requested by Western countries, and each country only expressed its opinion.

The Security Council also held an emergency meeting when North Korea launched missiles on the 15th and 28th of last month, but none of them came to a statement and could not show a consensus response this time. ..