Article: 1st Ld-Writethru: DPRK's nuclear test a challenge to authority of UN Security Council: Japanese envoy

1st Ld-Writethru: DPRK's nuclear test a challenge to authority of UN Security Council: Japanese envoy

UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Takasu said here on Monday that the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is an "extremely important challenge" to the authority of the UN Security Council.

Takasu told reporters after an emergency Security Council meeting on Monday afternoon that the UNSC Resolution 1718 and the Presidential Statement in April concerning DPRK's rocket launch are very clear, "but the DPRK didn't heed to the call of the Security Council."

He said if the DPRK keeps going in this way, it ...

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