From the Liveblog of
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Security Council holds emergency talks on N. Korea rocket launch
The UN Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on the North Korean rocket launch, and Japan and its Western allies are demanding swift adoption of tough new sanctions against Kim Jong Un’s regime for violating UN resolutions.
Japan’s UN Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa says before heading into Sunday’s closed council meeting that the missile passed over Japan and landed near the Philippines, “and this is a clear threat to the lives of many people.”
The United States and China have been working on a new sanctions resolution since North Korea conducted as nuclear test on Jan. 6.
Motohide says that “China calls for more dialogue,” but what’s needed now is pressure and speedy adoption of a robust sanctions resolution.
Britain, France and Ukraine also call for swift and tough new sanctions.
— AP
The Times of Israel Community.