
The United States Security Council has failed again to agree on a statement condemning North Korea's missile launches.
The Council began meeting on August 4, a day after North Korea's most recent provocations but the meeting was extended to Tuesday because of disagreements, largely between China and the United States.
A UN official told (Yonhap) news agency on Tuesday that China had requested a statement that expressed opposition to the deployment of the US anti-missile defense system (THAAD).
China had specifically wanted a statement opposing the placement of a "new ballistic missile base" on the Korean peninsula.
The United States refused to accept those terms, according to the UN source.
Both countries are permanent members of the Security Council.
The polarization at the Council may present a tough challenge for the permanent members, five in total, in adopting a new statement condemning North Korea's test-firing of ballistic missiles last Wednesday, one of which landed in Japanese territorial waters.
The Council employed a "silence procedure" on Tuesday but Council members appealed for an alternative statement that led to an impasse during the process, the (Voice of America) reported.
The silence procedure system allows measures to be adopted if no member of the Council has any objections.
The United States and Japan supported the use of a silence procedure to arrive at a solution.
Source : QNA
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