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| UN debates nuclear test response; Condemnations |
| 2006-10-09 |
| THE UN Security Council was expected to hold an emergency meeting today to weigh how to respond to North Korea's first-ever nuclear weapons test in brazen defiance of a UN resolution. Hours after the communist state's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced a successful underground nuclear test, the White House Monday said that if confirmed, the move would be a "provocative act" and called for immediate action by the UN Security Council. Last week, the 15-member Council unanimously adopted a non-binding statement calling on Pyongyang not to go ahead with the test and warned of unspecified consequences if it did so. The council has scheduled a formal vote for to nominate South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon as its choice to succeed Kofi Annan when the Ghanaian UN chief steps down at the end of December. But the vote was bound to overshadowed by North Korea's defiant act. Diplomats had been expected the test this weekend and indicated that an council emergency meeting would be held in response. A UN spokesmen said no meeting had been immediately scheduled but White House spokesman Tony Snow signalled a session was in the works. "We would expect the Security Council to meet (today)," he told reporters in Washington. |
| Posted by:.com |
| #6 I suppose there's no chance Congress will the UN to Put Up or Shut Up (and lose funding). The UN would be about as much of a calamity as Air America if our own government didn't support it every step of the way. Oh, sure, they condemn it, but the funding continues right along (nearly always). |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-10-09 22:11 |
| #5 #2 Do you ever stop looking for suckers Syber Sarge? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-10-09 14:55 |
| #4 brazen...? You have to be brazen to ignore the UN?!? |
| Posted by: Snatch Whumble7939 2006-10-09 13:14 |
| #3 This could even result in (gulp)a very VERY strongly worded letter to Kim Jong Il. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-10-09 11:53 |
| #2 I will bet $20 that at some time they stop debate on the nuke to denounce Israel for something. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-10-09 09:16 |
| #1 unanimously adopted a non-binding statement warned of unspecified consequences indicated that an council emergency meeting would be held in response A UN spokesmen said no meeting had been immediately scheduled the explicit mention of sanctions was removed Business as usual on Turtle Bay. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-10-09 09:02 |