The U.N. Security Council urged North Korea to abandon its planned nuclear test and warned Pyongang of unspecified consequences if it goes ahead, in a statement adopted unanimously on Friday, according to Reuters. A nuclear test would "jeopardize peace, stability and security in the region and beyond" and "bring universal condemnation by the international community," the Council said in a meeting. It urges North Korea to scrap all nuclear weapons and existing atomic programs. The statement warns North Korea that a nuclear test would lead to further unspecified Security Council action "consistent with its responsibility under the Charter of the United Nations." North Korea announced on Tuesday it planned its first underground nuclear test but gave no date.
