聯合國安理會強烈譴責朝鮮導彈試射
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday "strongly condemned" the most recent ballistic missile test by North Korea, blaming Pyongyang for "greatly increasing tension in the region and beyond."
North Korea last Saturday tried and failed to launch a missile from its submarine base at Sinpo off its eastern coast, the latest in a series of missile tests that violate U.N. sanctions against the North.
In a unanimous statement, U.N. Security Council members expressed their "utmost concern" over Pyongyang's "highly destabilizing behavior and flagrant and provocative defiance" of the U.N. sanctions.
"The members of the Security Council agreed that the Security Council would continue to closely monitor the situation and take further significant measures including sanctions, in line with the Council's previously expressed determination," the statement said.
The statement also welcomed international efforts to find a "peaceful and comprehensive solution through dialogue."
The Security Council statement comes as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump signals it is running out of patience with the North, which continues to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. During his visit to the North Korea border this week, Vice President Mike Pence announced that Washington's strategy of so-called "strategic patience" with the North is over. Pence said the international community, and China in particular, should put more diplomatic and economic pressure to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear arms and missiles.聯合國安理會星期四“強烈譴責”朝鮮最近進行的彈道導彈試射，指責平壤“極大地加劇了該地區及地區以外的緊張局勢”。
朝鮮上週六試圖從東部沿海新浦的潛艇基地發射導彈，但試射失敗。朝鮮最近的一系列導彈試射違反了聯合國對朝鮮的制裁規定。
聯合國安理會星期四發表聲明，一致對平壤 “高度破壞穩定的行爲和對聯合國制裁的公然挑釁性蔑視”表示最嚴重關切。
聲明說：“安理會成員國同意，安理會將繼續密切關注局勢發展，並進一步採取包括制裁在內的、符合安理會之前所表達的決心的重大措施。”
聲明還歡迎國際社會通過對話尋求“和平，全面的解決辦法”。
安理會的聲明是在川普政府表示對繼續發展核武器和導彈計劃的朝鮮正在失去耐心時發表的。美國副總統彭斯本週視察南北韓分界線時宣佈，華盛頓對朝鮮已失去所謂“戰略耐心”。他說，國際社會，特別是中國應加大外交和經濟壓力，迫使朝鮮放棄核武器和導彈。
