U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says evidence is overwhelming that North Korea is responsible for a torpedo attack that killed 46 South Korean sailors. He says he is confident the U.N. Security Council will take appropriate measures in dealing with the incident.
In a monthly news conference Monday, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the March 26 torpedo attack. "The evidence laid out in the joint international investigation report is overwhelming and deeply troubling. I fully share the widespread condemnation of the incident," he said.
He said he expects that U.N. Security Council to take up the measure, but he did not say what, if anything, it could do to rebuke Pyongyang. "I'm confident that the council, in fulfilling its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, will take measures appropriate to the gravity of the situation," he said.
| By definition, whatever the Security Council decide to do will be appropriate to what they judge to be the gravity of the situation. How realistic their assessment will be remains to be seen, especially given that China and Russia are permanent members. |
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