11 September,2016 08:19 AM IST | | Agencies
The UN Security Council has threatened to impose a new raft of sanctions against North Korea as it strongly condemned Pyongyang’s fifth nuclear test, terming it a “threat” to international peace and security
United Nations: The UN Security Council has threatened to impose a new raft of sanctions against North Korea as it strongly condemned Pyongyang's fifth nuclear test, terming it a "threat" to international peace and security.
The 15-member powerful UN body held urgent consultations here on Friday to address the "serious situation" arising from Korea's atomic test - believed to be its most powerful ever.
Strongly condemning the test, the Council said it is a clear violation and in flagrant disregard of Security Council resolutions and of the non-proliferation regime and "therefore a clear threat to international peace and security continues to exist."
The Council members said they have previously expressed their determination to take "further significant measures" in the event of another nuclear test by North Korea.
The US and France urged the Council members to push ahead with new sanctions against North Korea, saying its repeated tests show "complete disregard" for international law.
