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Security Council Adjourns With No Decision on North Korea


The United Nations Security Council has wrapped up an emergency meeting with no agreement on how to respond to North Korea's rocket launch on Sunday.

After the three-hour session, the Council's president, Mexican ambassador Claude Heller, told reporters that members agreed to hold more consultations on what should be the appropriate response to the North Korean action.

Japan and the United States said they both favor a new Security Council resolution.

After the meeting, Japanese ambassador Yukio Takasu told reporters the response should be "clear, firm and unified." He said if the Council's response is not unified, it will send the wrong message to North Korea.

U.S. ambassador Susan Rice called the launch a "clear-cut" violation.

China's envoy was more cautious. Zhang Yesui said all countries concerned should show "restraint" and refrain from taking action that could increase tensions.
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North Korea triggered international alarm when it went ahead with the rocket launch that it says sent a satellite into orbit.

Security experts say they believe the North Korean launch actually was a test of a long-range missile.

The U.S. military denies that any object entered orbit. It says part of the missile fell into the Sea of Japan, while the rest flew over Japanese territory and landed in the Pacific Ocean.

Japan says it will extend its own economic sanctions against North Korea. Those sanctions were imposed after North Korea tested ballistic missiles and a nuclear device in 2006.

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