UN Security Council discusses draft resolution on DPRK nuclear test

• Source: Xinhua
• [16:32 May 28 2009]
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US Ambassador to UN Susan Rice said on Tuesday that the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (P5) had "very good, productive, initial talks " on the draft resolution on the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday.

Rice made the statement to reporters at the end of the closed-door consultations by ambassadors from the P5 -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- to discuss the draft resolution on the DPRK's second nuclear test since October 2006.

Ambassadors from Japan and South Korea also took part in the meeting behind closed doors.

"We share a common set of objectives which are to convey clearly and unequivocally that the actions by north korea run counter to the interest of regional peace and security, violated international law, and need to be dealt with directly and seriously,"  said U.S. UN Ambassador Susan Rice.

The rotating Council president of May, Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, told reportersMonday that the Council members would immediately begin to work on a new legally binding resolution on the nuclear test.

The DPRK has been under UN sanctions that prevent the nation from nuclear and ballistic activity since its first atomic test in 2006.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New York.