The UN Security Council will hold an emergency session on Sunday afternoon to discuss the rocket launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The UN Spokesperson's Office told Xinhua that the 15-nation council will start to meet at 15:00 EDT (1900 GMT).
The DPRK launched a rocket from a site in northeastern DPRK at 11:30 a.m. local time (0230 GMT) on Sunday. The launch has been confirmed by the governments of Japan, South Korea and the United States. But it has not yet been confirmed by the DPRK.
The spokesman for the Mexican Mission to the United Nations, who holds the rotating council presidency for April, said that Japan presented a formal letter to the Security Council requestingan emergency session.
The Japanese Mission to the United Nations also confirmed that Japan asked for the urgent council meeting just within minutes of the launch.
Source:Xinhua
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