UN Security Council Emergency Meeting... Official Discussion on North Korea's Military Reconnaissance Satellite Launch

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold an emergency meeting on the 27th (local time) to discuss responses to North Korea's military reconnaissance satellite launch.

According to the UN headquarters on the 26th, the Security Council will hold an official meeting at 10 a.m. on the 27th (midnight on the 28th Korean time) at the UN headquarters in New York to discuss non-proliferation issues related to North Korea.

This meeting was convened at the request of eight member states, including the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom, to discuss the Security Council's response to North Korea's military reconnaissance satellite launch on the 21st. South Korea will also attend the meeting as a concerned party.

Earlier, UN Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres strongly condemned North Korea's military reconnaissance satellite launch on the 21st as a violation of Security Council resolutions.

However, it is expected to be difficult to produce tangible outcomes such as a Security Council statement condemning North Korea or the adoption of a resolution at this meeting.

Permanent members China and Russia have defended North Korea's position in opposition to the United States and other Western countries, and since 2018, the Security Council has not issued specific responses such as sanction resolutions or statements regarding North Korea's ballistic missile and satellite launches.