UN Security Council to meet on North Korea missile launch

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UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council will meet on Wednesday (Aug 3) over the latest North Korea missile launch after the United States and Japan requested the meeting, diplomats said.

North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Wednesday that landed in or near Japanese-controlled waters for the first time, the latest in a series of launches by the isolated country in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions.

"We expect to be calling an emergency meeting of the Security Council for later this afternoon, with our Japanese colleagues," US Ambassador Samantha Power told reporters.

Britain's Deputy Ambassador Peter Wilson said: "This is the first time that a DPRK missile has landed in the Japanese EEZ. I think this is something that the council should take extremely seriously."

Wilson said the latest launch was "a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions" that prohibit North Korea from developing missile technology.

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