Copenhagen -UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he was "deeply disturbed" over reports that North Korea had conducted a nuclear test. Ban, visiting Copenhagen to attend a meeting on climate change, told Danish broadcaster TV2 he was "closely following" developments in the region and was in contact with the UN Security Council -which is to hold an emergency session later Monday in New York.
"If confirmed this constitutes a clear violation of a security council resolution 1718 of 2006 which demanded that North Korea does not conduct a nuclear test," Ban said, adding it "poses serious implications to peace and stability in the region."
Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller said in a statement that "North Korea again challenges the international community. And that should have consequences."
Moller said the UN Security Council should act jointly, just as it did in 2006 when North Korea conducted its first nuclear test.
North Korea earlier Monday said it had conducted a nuclear test.
