US Shares Draft of UN Security Council Presidential Statement Condemning North Korea with Council Members

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] The United States, which proposed a United Nations Security Council presidential statement condemning North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch, has reportedly prepared a draft of the statement and will soon share it with Security Council members.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations told Voice of America (VOA) on the 23rd (local time) regarding the North Korea presidential statement, "The U.S. draft presidential statement will soon be shared with the Security Council, followed by negotiations," VOA reported.

Earlier, the United States proposed a presidential statement condemning North Korea's ICBM launch at an open Security Council meeting held in New York on the 21st (local time) and urged permanent members China and Russia to join.

A Security Council presidential statement can be adopted if more than half of all Council members vote in favor without a veto from any permanent member.

In March, the United States pushed for the adoption of an additional sanctions resolution against North Korea's ICBM launch and drafted a resolution, but at that time, China and Russia proposed lowering the response level by opting for a non-binding presidential statement instead of a new sanctions resolution.

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