UN Security Council Condemns Latest North Korea Missile Tests - Statement

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People watch a news report on North Korea's first hydrogen bomb test at a railroad station in Seoul. (File) - Sputnik International
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All 15 member nations of the UN Security Council have unanimously condemned North Korea’s most recent and unsuccessful attempts to test launch ballistic missiles.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — According to a statement issued on Wednesday, the Security Council "strongly condemned the most recent failed ballistic missile launches of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on May 31 and April 27 and 28."

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"These repeated attempted launches are in grave violation of the DPRK’s international obligations under United Nations Security Council resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013) and 2270 (2016)," the statement said.

The Security Council regretted that North Korea was diverting resources to try and develop its own ballistic missiles while the country’s 25.5 million people suffered extreme privation.

Tensions over North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs escalated after Pyongyang claimed on January 6 to have successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test and put a satellite into orbit on February 7, violating previous UN Security Council resolutions.

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