U.N. Plans New Resolution On N. Korea

Security Council Says Test Violated Existing Resolutions; Test Prompts Worldwide Condemnation

(CBS/AP)  The U.N. Security Council swiftly condemned North Korea's nuclear test on Monday as "a clear violation" of a 2006 resolution banning them and said it will start work immediately on a new one that could result in stronger measures against the reclusive nation.

Hours after North Korea defiantly conducted its second test, its closest allies China and Russia joined Western powers and representatives from the rest of the world on the council to voice strong opposition to the underground explosion.

After a brief emergency meeting held at Japan's request, the council demanded that North Korea abide by two previous resolutions, which among other things called for Pyongyang to return to six-party talks aimed at eliminating its nuclear program. It also called on all other U.N. member states to abide by sanctions imposed on the North.

"The U.N. Security Council, in record time relative to earlier North Korea resolutions, voiced their strong opposition to and condemnation of the nuclear test conducted by North Korea and vowed to issue a full resolution in the days to come," said CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk, reporting from the United Nations. "And the fact that the Russian Ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said he was authorized by the members of the Security Council to read it means that China and Russia are on board to demand that North Korea comply with its obligations under the earlier U.N. resolutions."

Churkin, the current council president, made clear in a statement that the condemnation was only an initial response, and that more will follow. He said it was too early to give any specifics.

"The members of the Security Council have decided to start work immediately on a Security Council resolution on this matter," he said.

U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said the 15-member council agreed that work on the new resolution will begin Tuesday.

"What we heard today was swift, clear, unequivocal condemnation and opposition to what occurred," she said. "The United States thinks that this is a grave violation of international law and a threat to regional and international peace and security and therefore the United States will seek a strong resolution with strong measures."

Churkin was asked whether Russia viewed the nuclear test as more serious than North Korea's missile launch in April, which also led to Security Council condemnation and sanctions against three North Korean companies.

"This is a very rare occurrence as you know, and it goes contrary not only to resolutions of the Security Council but also the (Nuclear) Nonproliferation Treaty and the (Nuclear) Test Ban Treaty," he replied. "We are one of the founding fathers - Russia is - of those documents, so we think they're extremely important in current international relations. So anything which would undermine the regimes of those two treaties is very serious and needs to have a strong response."

The five permanent veto-wielding members of the council - the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France - met behind closed doors for over an hour with the ambassadors of Japan and South Korea ahead of the closed meeting of the full 15-member council.

Japan said North Korea's "irresponsible" nuclear test and the April missile launch had challenged the authority of the U.N.'s most powerful body "and the response must be firm."

"It's a very clear challenge," said Japan's U.N. Ambassador Yukio Takasu, a non-permanent council member. "So therefore we need a really, really clear and firm message from this - preferably a resolution."

The nuclear device was triggered just before 10 a.m. local time at a facility about 235 miles northeast of Pyongyang registered as a 4.7 magnitude seismic event, reports CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen.

Soon afterward, North Korea staged a series of short-range missile launches.

The actions drew swift condemnation from around the world ahead of the U.N. Security Council meeting.

South Korea called it a "provocative action which will never be tolerated."

China, which at times in the past had been reluctant to strongly condemn its Communist ally and neighbor, expressed "absolute opposition toward this," according to a statement broadcast on government television.

Officials in China may well see this as a setback in their efforts to negotiate an end to the North's nuclear program. Those negotiations are currently stalled. And the North's attitude, if today's tests are any indication, seems to be "Forget any new talks any time soon," Petersen reports.

On April 5, the North test-fired a long-range ballistic missile. It crossed over Japan and fell harmlessly into the ocean. But to some, it is proof that the North has no intention of giving up its program because its goal is facing down the U.S.

"When North Koreans successfully own ICBMs, they will no longer have to be subservient to the United States at the negotiating table," Yukio Okamoto, a former special advisor to the Japanese prime minister told Petersen.

President Obama said Monday that North Korea's latest nuclear weapons and missile tests, "pose a grave threat".

"I strongly condemned the communist regime's reckless actions," Mr. Obama said in the White House Rose Garden. He added that North Korea would not find security or respect through threats and the pursuit of banned weapons. The president did not take questions.

In a statement earlier Monday morning Mr. Obama said the nuclear test should be "a matter of grave concern to all nations" and accused Pyongyang of behaving recklessly and defying international will.

Mr. Obama also said in the statement that the United States "will continue working with our allies and partners" in multilateral talks and will hold consultations with members of the U.N. Security Council on it and a subsequent series of test-firings of short-range ground-to-air missiles.

[pirjan]

Presently danger to World is from 2 Terrorist controled states. Fasciest controled USA and Bankers safe haven Israel. These 2 state must be put under total trade embargo until they dissarm totally.

[pirjan]

HOw many UNO resolutions has Zionist Israel ignored. Not only that but carried on further mass killings of Palestinian murders after these resolutions. and what about India's value for Kashmir Resolutions. Death to UNO. Long may live N. Korea. All countries have right to Nukes. If not then everyone must give them up.

[mjlewis6]

The threat is NOT what one sees on TV as being a land launched missile from North Korea to the US...but the very thought of a ship being ultilized as a launch platform.
Perhaps some 200-300 miles off the US coast, it could be aimed at any US city or military base or defense installation.

Upon a mix of components of ship, missle and nuclear device.....selling such an equipped ship to a terrorist group.....North Korea could easily act as if it has no interest in such a venture, avoid retaliation, and continue such indirect attacks on the US...

We would have no choice in such a scenario....but to remove the threat.
I suggest Chinese action with Russians playing the soft go to guy to stop the Chinese incursion....We could support the Chinese army's incursion into NK with missle strikes on the Nuclear facilities...

Of course, this would embolden Israel to strike Iran.....so perhaps a military option for North Korea is not possible due to this second issue rising to the fore....

[umhater]

I bet that North Korea is really scared becuase what can the United Nothings do?

[burtwoody]

Oh oh! Another U.N. Resolution! The North Koreans must be shaking in their boots!

[hungry1968-15]

Clue.....her mentor is a neo, radio host entertainer.
Posted by stuart2561 at 5:59 AM : May 26, 2009





LOL!!!

The question is... "which one"?

[hungry1968-15]

Might you read some history sir, was Clinton that redacted the Glass-Stegall act...after he let Citibank merge with an insurance company and a financial institution, which was against the law....then he ran to congress and demanded the de-regulation bill to cover his behind.
Posted by Rowdy1974 at 5:48 AM : May 26, 2009





WHERE in the hell do you get your information from?!?!?!

How can ONE PERSON be so consistently wrong on EVERYTHING?!?!?!

[hungry1968-15]

What you like to forget is that Clinton ran up $5.7 TRILLION of that $11 TRILLION...

Yep, how droll....let's just forget that us commies ran up more debt than Bush did...and that because of our commie socialist policies the country is now bankrupt.
Posted by Rowdy1974 at 5:51 AM : May 26, 2009






What YOU posted at 5:30, was that Obama and the democratically controlled senate and congress has, "run up quadruple the any national debt ever made in history in less than 200 days".

When Bush left office the national debt was $11 TRILLION dollars, and you believe that it is NOW $44 TRILLION.

Good luck with that, dummy.

[hungry1968-15]

Obama in 100 day raised the national debt by four times Bushes worst year...
Posted by vistavermin1 at 5:23 AM : May 26, 2009





The national debt when Bush left office was nearly $11 TRILLION dollars, and you believe that it is now $44 TRILLION, and that happened in only 100 days?!?!?!

[pepperwood2]

Iran has sent six warships into international waters in a move security experts are calling a "muscle flexing" show of defiance following missile tests last week.

"Iran has dispatched six ... warships to international waters and the Gulf of Aden region in a historically unprecedented move by the Iranian Navy," Iranian Adm. Habibollah Sayyari told a gathering of armed forces officials, Reuters reported.

I'm can't understand why N.Korea & Iran just don't get it. Don't they realize that, after 100 days in office, that they're dealing with an Icon President & the World's Smartest SOS an that there will be serious consequences. To whom I'm not sure yet! So Sad!

[zamorin44]

It is great Russia and China have supported the the resolution of condemnation.Now,we wait to see the two allies of North Korea sabotage the follow up action in the subsequent resolution.

[beach671]

Which bomb was worse?

GM ditching Daewoo and making the Chevy Aveo (daewoo) in Mexico and leaving the Daewoo workers in South Korea unemployed....or North Korea's nuclear bomb test?

I'd say GM did more damage against America than the North Korean nuclear missile test. Woo Hoo....support Communist China GM but ditch the South Koreans.

Why was that a good idea? Oh....stabilize Mehico from the drug cartels to keep Democrats kids cranked up on Coke with a steady safe supply across the Mehican border.

[sam-kiley]

bonjour
la corée et certains autres pays du tiers monde ont cette technologie, d'autres l'auront forcémment...le fait est et c'est une réalité, malheureusement ..
au lieu de les menacer ou leur faire la guerre, il serait plus judiciable de les aider a perfectionner leur systémes de securité relatifs a ces installations, le dialogue est la meilleure maniére de régler ces conflits, la menace engendre une menace plus destructrice..celle la au revoir

[souljam76]

America must go to War with North Korea before it gets too late

[lehnahund]

If someone says this doesn't sound like the Obama administrations plan of attack, they are either in denial, or they simply just don't care.
Posted by Seething_Soup at 11:50 PM : May 25, 2009

You are in denial of a brain, your brain. What did you do with it? Sold it in eBay? 99 cents?

[Walking_Talking_GOO]

Hey

[pepperwood2]

U.N. Plans New Resolution On N. Korea...........Security Council Says Test Violated Existing Resolutions; Test Prompts Worldwide Condemnation.

What does Bill Clinton, BO & The UN have in Common?? They all approved the Construction Of Nuclear Power Plants in N. Korea & are about to approve The Arab Emeritus with little or no Inspections.

Obama Approves Plans for U.S.-UAE Nuclear Power Deal
In a document released by the White House on Wednesday, President Obama said the nuclear cooperation agreement is in U.S. interests.

President Barack Obama has approved plans for the U.S. to help the United Arab Emirates become the first Arab nation with a nuclear power industry that will fuel the country's growing demand for electricity.

Obama's official backing of the pact, known as a "123 agreement," is praised by pro-business groups that say U.S. companies are now in the running for major construction work connected to the $41 billion project.

The president's approval comes a few weeks after news organizations, including The Associated Press, obtained a videotape showing a member of the country's royal family torturing a man.

The videotape led to criticism of the emirates' human rights record in the midst of an intense debate over U.S. interrogation methods.

Concerns have also been raised about the emirates' history as a transshipment point for sensitive technology moving into Iran. A small but vocal group of lawmakers have said they'll oppose the deal unless the United Arab Emirates takes stronger action to keep Iran from obtaining materials that could help it develop nuclear weapons.

For you Dip Ships out there this means That's so the same thing that's happen in N. Korea won't happen again or Again or AGAIN or...... So Sad this UN & Lib stupidity.

[erasmus111]

What th......!

YOU LOOKED SOMETHING UP!!!!!

I never thought I'd see the day.

Posted by weedapoopl at 11:51 AM : May 25, 2009


What do you mean? I always look stuff up. There's times you aren't around and I have no choice.

[IrishWench01]

Well it's my bed time folks. Have a nice evening.

Me Irish Lady...if ya stroll on back, heres to ya and have a fine evening. See ya soon.
Posted by stuart2561 at 10:02 PM ..........

Nite. Sleep well :-)

[IrishWench01]

What we need is the CIA to do what they used to do so well. Pull a covert op, configure the guidance system so that at the next firing, as Kim (a girls name no less....geeeesh) stands on his stage clasping his hands in victory, the missle turns and flies right up his arse.
Posted by stuart2561 at 9:38 PM...........

Hear...Hear!!!