The UN Security Council held an urgent meeting on the 27th that North Korea launched a ballistic missile.


The Security Council could not provide a consensus response, but 11 countries, including the United States and Japan, issued a joint statement, strongly accusing the launch of violating multiple Security Council resolutions.

North Korea announced on the 27th that it launched a ballistic missile toward the Sea of ​​Japan and conducted an important experiment for the development of a reconnaissance satellite the next day.



On the 28th, the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting to discuss the response privately.



At the meeting, each country only expressed its own opinion, and the Security Council could not show a consensus response, but after the meeting, Japan, South Korea, etc. joined the seven member countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom. Eleven countries have issued a joint statement.



In the statement, he strongly accused "launching with ballistic missile technology violates multiple Security Council resolutions," and "choose a diplomatic path to ease regional tensions and promote world peace and security." To North Korea. "



This is the fourth time that the Security Council has held an emergency meeting over North Korea's missile launch, but China and Russia are opposed to the United States and other countries aiming to strengthen sanctions, and both responded in unison. I haven't been able to show it.