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Chinese UN Ambassador Zhang Yesui addresses the media at the headquarters of UN in New York April 11, 2009. Zhang said here on Saturday that the response of the UN Security Council to the rocket launch by DPRK "should be conducive to the peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the Northeast Asia, and to promoting the process of the Six-Party Talks." |
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John Sawers, the British ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the media after the UN security council held closed-door consultations on the draft presidential statement, presented by U.S. UN Ambassador Susan Rice, at the headquarters of UN in New York April 11, 2009 |
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Yukio Takasu, the Japanese ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the media after the UN security council held closed-door consultations on the draft presidential statement, presented by U.S. UN Ambassador Susan Rice, at the headquarters of UN in New York April 11, 2009 |
The 15-nation Security Council is scheduled to meet behind closed doors on Saturday afternoon to consider the draft presidential statement, which is not binding.
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Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the media after a closed-door meeting by the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council and Japan, at the headquarters of UN in New York April 11, 2009. The five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council and Japan on Saturday agreed on a draft presidential statement on the rocket launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). |
The agreement on the draft presidential statement shows progress made at the closed-door consultations among P5 and Japan, they will submit the draft to the Security Council in order to win support from other council members.