[Kyodo: Korea] The U.N. Security Council on Monday adopted a nonbinding presidential statement on North KoreaŽs April 5 rocket launch, which unanimously ŽŽcondemnsŽŽ the action as a ŽŽcontraventionŽŽ of a resolution banning the country from all missile-related activities. The statement was approved with the backing of the councilŽs all 15 members -- the five veto-wielding members and the 10 nonpermement members and the text was read out a formal meeting of the United NationsŽ most powerful body by Mexican Ambassador Claude Heller, the rotating council president for April.
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