US Says UN Security Council Silence on North Korea Is Dangerous

BY A STAFF REPORTER: The United States has proposed to the UN Security Council to condemn North Korea's ballistic missile launches and encourage Pyongyang to engage in diplomacy. "The reality is that those who protect North Korea from the consequences of missile tests put the Asia region and the entire world at risk of conflict," said Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Greenfield proposed to the Security Council to adopt a formal presidential statement one step below the resolution to condemn North Korea's actions and call for diplomacy.