The following is an excerpt. To view the full article please visit the link below
The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch.
In a statement after closed consultations Wednesday, the Security Council said the launch violated a 2009 resolution banning, "any launch using ballistic missile technology."
The council said that after the North's failed launch in April it demanded that Pyongyang halt all launches.
Meantime, Simon Palamar, a researcher with The Centre for International Governance Innovation's Global Security Program, told 570 News that a condemnation is often, "just a political statement."
"You don't really have to back that up with any action ... China, for example will say they disapprove …
* * *