The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, along with Japan, have agreed a draft statement condemning North Korea’s launch of a rocket earlier this week and calling for sanctions on the state.
The draft circulated to the non-permanent members of the council on Saturday says the launch contravened a council resolution banning ballistic missile and nuclear tests.
“The Security Council condemns the 5 April 2009 launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), which is in contravention of Security Council resolution 1718,” the US-drafted statement said.
“The Security Council demands that the DPRK not conduct any further launch”.
Resolution 1718 was passed shortly after North Korea carried out a test of a nuclear bomb in October 2006 and forbids North Korea from launching ballistic missiles or carrying out further nuclear tests.
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