UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned North Korea’s missile launch which he called a “provocative act” in clear breach of UN Security Council resolutions that it could negatively impact prospects for peace and security in the region. “The Secretary-General deplores the rocket launch announced by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea),” the UN Secretary-General spokesman Martin Nesirky said in a statement. “It is a clear violation of Security Council resolution 1874, in which the Council demanded that the DPRK not conduct any launch using ballistic missile technology,” the statement said.