NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/UN: “The United Nations Security Council adopted a statement Tuesday [8-29-17] condemning North Korea ‘for its outrageous actions and threats against another U.N. member state’ in the aftermath of the country’s latest missile launch, which passed over Japan.
The ‘presidential statement,’ which counts as the Council’s fastest form of reaction to unfolding events, reiterated that North Korea is in violation of multiple Security Council resolutions banning ballistic missile and nuclear tests and called on it to cease all such activity…
The statement stopped short of spelling out consequences for North Korea’s refusal to comply and didn’t specify whether the Council was considering further action, such as tightening economic sanctions.
The U.S. has maintained that all options, including a military one, are on the table. But Russia and China, two countries that hold veto power on the Security Council, have made it clear that they would block the Council from handing the U.S. endorsement or permission for military escalation.”
-Farnaz Fassihi, “U.N. Security Council Condemns North Korea Missile Launch,” The Wall Street Journal online, Aug. 29, 2017 09:52pm