반기문 유엔 사무총장은 6일 북한의 미사일 발사와 관련, "북한이 국제사회의 일치된 입장에도 불구하고 대륙간 탄도미사일 기술을 활용한 발사로 안전보장이사회 결의안을 위반한 것에 대해 심히 개탄(慨歎)스럽다"고 성명을 발표했다.
반기문 사무총장은 "북한이 도발적인 행동을 중단하고 국제적인 의무를 준수(遵守)할 것을 촉구한다"면서 "모든 당사국들이 긴장을 완화하고 한반도의 검증가능한 비핵화를 위해 최선의 노력을 기울일 것을 재확인한다"고 밝혔다.
한편 유엔안보리는 북한의 장거리 미사일 발사와 관련, 우리나라 및 미국, 일본의 공동요청에 따라7일 오전 11시(현지시간)에 긴급회의를 개최할 예정이다.
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North Korea fires rocket seen as covert missile test <Fox News>
North Korea on Sunday defied international warnings and launched a long-range rocket that the United Nations and others call a cover for a banned test of technology for a missile that could strike the U.S. mainland.
The rocket was fired from North Korea's west coast and its path was tracked separately by the United States, Japan and South Korea; no damage from debris was reported. At an emergency national security council meeting in Seoul, the country's president called the firing an "intolerable provocation."
North Korea, which calls its launches part of a peaceful space program, trumpeted the beauty of the launch's "fascinating vapor" as the rocket cut through the clear blue sky and said it had successfully put a new Earth observation satellite, the Kwangmyongsong 4, or Shining Star 4, into orbit less than 10 minutes after liftoff. It vowed more such launches. A U.S. official said it might take days to assess whether the launch was a success.
The firing came about two hours after an eight-day launch window opened Sunday morning. It follows North Korea's widely disputed claim last month to have tested a hydrogen bomb. Washington and its allies will consider it a further provocation and push for more tough sanctions. The United States and Japan quickly requested an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Sunday morning, saying Pyongyang violated a council ban on ballistic missile launches.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/02/06/north-korea-moves-up-window-planned-rocket-launch.html