美国驻联合国大使苏珊.赖斯说，北韩以她所说的“挑衅性”的导弹和核试验来藐视国际社会，将要为此“付出代价”。
美国驻联合国大使赖斯星期二对美国电视网说，联合国安全理事会正在协商一个“强有力的带牙齿的决议”。但她没有具体说明正在讨论哪些额外的制裁。
星期一，由15个成员国组成的联合国安理会举行紧急会议，一致谴责北韩的核试验。安理会说，正在准备对平壤做出强烈反应。
作为对国际社会谴责北韩核试验浪潮的回应，北韩星期一又发射了两枚短程导弹，并指责美国的敌视态度。星期二，北韩国营媒体在声明中指称说，美国现政府正在继续布什政府的政策，试图“用武力 ”扼杀北韩。
北韩星期一在进行了3年内的第二次核试验后不久发射了3枚导弹。不过专家说，北韩第二次核试验虽然可能规模大于2006年当量1千吨的首次核试验，但是看来并没有显示出重大技术进步。
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, says North Korea will “pay the price” for defying the international community with what she called “provocative” missile and nuclear tests.
The U.S. Ambassador told U.S. television networks Tuesday that the United Nations Security Council is working on a “strong resolution with teeth.” But she did not specify what additional sanctions were under discussion.
An emergency session of the 15-member United Nations Security Council (including the United States, Russia and China) on Monday unanimously condemned the nuclear test. The Security Council says it is preparing a strong response to Pyongyang.
North Korea responded to the wave of international condemnation of Monday’s nuclear test by launching two short-range missiles and accusing the United States of hostility. A statement carried by North Korean state-run media on Tuesday charged that the U.S. administration is continuing policies of the Bush administration that sought to stifle Pyongyang “by force of arms.”
North Korea also fired three missiles on Monday, shortly after detonating its second nuclear device within a three-year period. While probably larger than North Korea’s one kiloton test in 2006, experts say it does not appear to represent a major technical advance.