Britain: UN will aim for condemnation, then sanctions against N. Korea
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UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council will aim for swift condemnation of North Korea's nuclear test at an emergency meeting Wednesday and follow up with more sanctions against the country, the British ambassador said.
"The Security Council needs to be clear in its condemnation and robust in its response," Matthew Rycroft told reporters before the meeting.
The council was meeting hours after North Korea announced its first hydrogen bomb test, which would mark a major advance for its still-limited nuclear arsenal. The announcement was met with skepticism, however, with South Korea's spy agency saying the estimated explosive yield from the explosion was much smaller than what even a failed H-bomb detonation would produce.
