The recent launch of a reconnaissance satellite by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), presents a 'serious risk' to international civil aviation and shipping, the Security Council heard on Monday.

The UN's Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Mohamed Khaled Khiari, told ambassadors the satellite had been loaded onto a rocket launched on 21 November.

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