UN: Nuclear test another ‘serious breach’ of North Korea’s obligations

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday strongly condemned North Korea’s announcement it had tested a hydrogen bomb, calling the act a “serious breach” of the country’s obligations. 

“This act is yet another serious breach of the DPRK’s international obligations and undermines international nonproliferation and disarmament efforts. This act is also profoundly destabilizing for regional security,” Guterres’s spokesperson said in a statement, using an acronym for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the country’s official name. 

{mosads}”The DPRK is the only country that continues to break the norm against nuclear test explosions,” the statement continued. 

Guterres said he has been in contact with “all parties concerned.” 

Also on Sunday, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, announced on Twitter that an emergency meeting had been called in response to the test. 

“We along w/Japan, France, the UK and S.Korea have called for an emergency Security Council meeting on N.Korea in the open tomorrow at 10am,” she tweeted.

We along w/Japan, France, the UK and S.Korea have called for an emergency Security Council meeting on N.Korea in the open tomorrow at 10am

— Nikki Haley (@nikkihaley) September 3, 2017

The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted last month to impose sanctions on North Korea in response to their continued intercontinental ballistic missile launches. 

The statement is the latest condemnation of the hydrogen bomb test, which was announced by North Korean state media on Sunday. 

President Trump, who said last month the U.S. would respond with “fire and fury” to North Korean threats, first condemned to the test on Twitter early on Sunday. 

North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test. Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States…..

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017

..North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017

The president was later asked whether he would consider a U.S. attack on North Korea, to which he answered, “We’ll see.”

Trump later announced on Twitter that the U.S was considering halting trade with any nation that does business with North Korea.  

The United States is considering, in addition to other options, stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017