- The UN Security Council unanimously condemned the launch on 13 April 2009, at its 6106th Meeting, which was called at 3:07 p.m. and adjourned at 3:12 p.m in New York (NY - United States). The UN Security Council agrees to adjust travel ban, freeze assets and continue the arms embargo imposed in 2006.
- The UN Sanctions Committee is to work and report on the matter by 24 April. Should the Committee fail to do so, “the Council will complete action to adjust the measures by 30 April 2009”.
- The statement, agreed on by all 15 members, is considered a weaker response than a UN resolution, which had been sought by Japan and the United States but was opposed by China and Russia. The US insists the statement is legally binding, just like a resolution, a view backed by Russia, but other diplomats and officials disagreed.
- As usual, the UN is very careful with its wording and although it mentions
"...Resolution 1718", which was passed shortly after its nuclear-weapon test in October 2006 and by which "...the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was forbidden to launch ballistic missiles or carry out further nuclear tests..." Resolution which was written then in 2006,nowhere, in the present statement concerning the recent event, does the UN mention the nature of the rocket's payload. Nor does it state whether its a ballisitic missile or a communications satellite; it just mentions the "launch"... (Reference here)
- Not that this new UNSC statement is going to change much for North Korea (Reference here) as experts agree that the world economic recession will probably provoke more damage than UN sanctions.
- It is learnt this evening that the DPRK is looking after its army heads by awarding promotions (Reference here)
- Today Tuesday 14 April 2009, North Korea announced that it was quitting the six-party talks and embarking on a resumption of its nuclear activities. It has also ordered the UN nuclear inspectors to leave the country (Reference here).
- It is also learnt that analysis of the rocket videos show that the Korea rocket flew much further than it was thought. (Reference here). Not only that, but contrary to the first guesstimates, the second stage of the rocket flew normally. And finally, it looks like the rocket was equipped with attitude control thrusters, which demonstrates advanced skills in rocketry.
so...
I'll be expecting some more extraordinary news on this rocket, and I'll wait until I get better geographical coordinates of the splashes to make the charts, as I'm sure some Western boats will find some debris at some point and triumphantly let the world know...
Meanwhile, below are the geo and helio charts for the UNSC Resolution of yesterday, both for the beginning and end of the session (at 5 minutes interval). If I were any government in the world, I'd keep a close eye on those very tight applying aspects...
Keep reading my blog, I've some more very interesting charts in the pipeline (and, alas, not enough time to write on all the interesting events we witness on this earth)!
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