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Korea's United Nations Ambassador Cho Hyun, center, and Japan's U.N. Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane, right, listen as U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, left, holds a news briefing after a closed meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss North Korea's test-fire of its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Friday, March 25, 2022, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
China's United Nations Ambassador Zhang Jun, left, and France Ambassador Nicolas DeRiviere, right, confer as the U.N. Security Council meet concerning North Korea test-fire of its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Friday March 25, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
The United Nations Security Council meets concerning North Korea's test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile, Friday March 25, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the United Nations Security Council concerning North Korea's test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile, Friday March 25, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
South Korea's United Nations Ambassador Cho Hyun addresses the United Nations Security Council concerning North Korea's test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile, Friday March 25, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
China's United Nations Ambassador Zhang Jun address the United Nations Security Council concerning North Korea test-fire of its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Friday March 25, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, briefs the United Nations Security Council concerning North Korea's test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile, Friday March 25, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
United Nations U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, right, and U.K. Ambassador Barbara Woodward, left, confer before the U.N. Security Council meet concerning North Korea test-fire of its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Friday March 25, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Korea's United Nations Ambassador Cho Hyun, center, and Japan's U.N. Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane, right, listen as U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, left, holds a news briefing after a closed meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss North Korea's test-fire of its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Friday, March 25, 2022, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

The United States pressed for harsher UN sanctions against North Korea on Friday after it test-fired a new intercontinental missile.

The United States Ambassador to the UN urged the council to condemn the launch and encourage North Korea to return to negotiations.

It was an egregious and unprovoked escalation that threatens the world, said Thomas-Greenfield, whose country joined Albania, France, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom in calling for the meeting.

The U.S. would propose a measure to strengthen sanctions. She didn't give any details after the meeting.

The Security Council imposed sanctions on the North after their first nuclear test explosion in 2006 and have tightened them over the years in response to more nuclear tests and more sophisticated missile programs.

Several other members urged action of some kind after Britain agreed to consider more sanctions.

China and Russia proposed last fall to lift sanctions that bar their neighbor from exporting seafood and textiles, limit its imports of refined petroleum products, and prohibit its citizens from working overseas and sending home their earnings.

The Russian deputy ambassador said Friday that further sanctions would threaten North Korean citizens with unacceptable problems, while the Chinese ambassador urged the council to consider how to accommodate the country.

He said that the U.S. didn't do enough to respond to the North's moratorium on missile and nuclear tests.

It is appropriate for the U.S. side to show its goodwill, take actions that have practical relevance, and work harder to stabilizing the situation.

Many council members expressed alarm at the launch.

The world can ill afford to have multiple crises at this time, according to the ambassador.

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