The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile Saturday by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), reiterating that such activities increase tension in the region and beyond. 
"This incident constituted yet another serious violation by the DPRK of UN Security Council resolutions," said a press statement issued today by the 15-member body. 
The members of the Security Council emphasized that the DPRK's development and testing of new ballistic missile capabilities, even if launches are failures, is "clearly prohibited" by these resolutions. 
In this context, the Council reiterated its serious concern, as expressed in resolution 2270 (2016), that such ballistic missile activities contribute to the DPRK's development of nuclear weapons delivery systems and increase tension in the region and beyond. 
The members of the Council reiterated that the DPRK "shall refrain from further actions in violation of the relevant Security Council resolutions and comply fully with its obligations under these resolutions, including to suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile program and in this context reestablish its previous commitments to a moratorium on missile launches".

Souce : QNA)