North Korea missile launches immediate G7 to name for ‘vital’ UN response

The United Nations Security Council must take “significant measures” in response to the most recent intercontinental ballistic missile launch by North Korea, the Group of Seven (G7) main industrialised nations stated on Sunday.

Rome,UPDATED: Nov 21, 2022 11:36 IST

An intercontinental ballistic missile is launched on this undated picture launched on November 19, 2022 by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). (Image: Reuters)

By Reuters: The United Nations’ Security Council must take “significant measures” in response to the most recent intercontinental ballistic missile launch by North Korea, international ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) main industrialised nations stated on Sunday.

The Security Council is about to debate North Korea in a gathering on Monday on the request of the United States, following the most recent in a sequence of missile check launches this yr.

“(North Korea’s) actions demand a united and robust response by the international community,” the ministers of the United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, Britain, France and Italy stated.

Pyongyang examined on Friday a ballistic missile able to reaching the U.S. mainland shortly after warning of “fiercer military responses” to Washington beefing up its safety presence within the area.

The G7 assertion stated Friday’s check was a “reckless act” and “another blatant violation” of U.N. resolutions.

“The unprecedented series of unlawful ballistic missile launches conducted by (North Korea) in 2022 … pose a serious threat to regional and international peace and security,” the G7 assertion stated, including that the nation “cannot and will never have the status of a nuclear-weapon state”.

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Nov 21, 2022