The failure so far of the U.N. Security Council or other international organization to respond to a weekend rocket launch by North Korea does not signal a "win" for the rogue nation, the State Department said Monday.
Spokesman Robert Wood said the international community is working closely on a coordinated response, and the severity of the violation only puts North Korea farther out on a limb by itself.
"This kind of action only further isolates the North and the fact that the Security Council is taking a shoe up demonstrates how important it is that we deal with this matter and the need for it to be dealt with and so I would reject any characterization that the North -- that this is some kind of a win for the North -- it's not," he said.
The United States has so far decided to rely on the U.N. Security Council to dole out an appropriate response to North Korea's launching of the rocket, which crossed over Japanese airspace.
Diplomats from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council -- the U.S., Great Britain, France, Russia and China -- plus Japan were meeting Monday afternoon to discuss future steps. No agreement was reached on a response to the missile launch, and the six ambassadors agreed to consult their capitals and meet again on Tuesday.
A U.S. official traveling with President Obama said the permanent member nations and Japan met privately late Sunday after the Security Council adjourned and are reconvening after diplomats from these nations run their discussion by their governments.
"We are making decent progress," the official said. "But this is going to take days. Nothing is going to be resolved today or tomorrow." - FOX News Story
Seriously, how long could it take for them to come up with what they are going to do? It isn't like the Missle test came out of the blue, they knew about it for quite some time. By the time they decide on anything, if they decide, nobody will even know what the action is for.
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