It was too much to hope that the genie could be kept in the bottle. North Korea is a dangerous place run by a madman. That said, its major threat to the world, outside of Korea itself, is export. Other countries, with radical expansionist ideologies are perhaps different.
UN chief voices alarm; Security Council to hold emergency session
Source: The Associated Press
May 25, 2009 10:41
COPENHAGEN_ The United Nations secretary general said Monday that a second nuclear test by North Korea would represent ``a clear violation'' of a UN Security Council resolution.
The 15-member council has called an emergency session on the matter for later Monday at UN headquarters in New York.
``I sincerely hope that the Security Council will take necessary corresponding measures,'' Ban Ki-moon told The Associated Press, declining to specify what further measures, or sanctions, he would urge the council members to take.
Ban, who was in Copenhagen for a global business summit on climate change, said he would closely monitor the meeting in New York.
New testing by North Korea would undermine peace and security in the region, Ban said, and he urged the Communist country ``to refrain from taking any actions which will deteriorate the situation.''
``I'm deeply disturbed by a report of nuclear testing,'' he said. ``If it is confirmed, it is a clear violation of Security Council resolution 1718 of 2006. And it runs counter to the ongoing international community's efforts to curb nuclear proliferations.''
Ban also said North Korea's announcement that it carried out an underground nuclear test Monday far bigger than one conducted three years ago ``will create negative impact to ongoing negotiation on nuclear disarmament.''
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