British And U.S. Ambassadors To UN Vote On Security Council Resolution Condemning NK Rocket Launch

British Ambassador to the United Nations Mark Lyall Grant, left, and American Ambassador Susan Rice vote on a Security Council resolution condemning North Korea’s rocket launch in December that sent a satellite into orbit, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 at United Nations headquarters. <AP Photo/Mary Altaffer>

Li Baodong (C), the Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, votes during a Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 22, 2013. The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned the satellite launch on Dec. 12 by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), saying that Pyongyang “used ballistic missile technology and was in violation of resolutions 1718 (2006) and 1874 (2009).”

Representatives of members of the United Nations Security Council vote during a Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 22, 2013. <Xinhua/Shen Hong>

In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo released by Korean Central News Agency, North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 unanimously approved a resolution condemning North Korea’s rocket launch in December and imposing new sanctions on Pyongyang’s space agency. <AP Photo/KCNA, File>