Three members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) issued a statement condemning North Korea's recent spate of missile launches on Tuesday, following a closed-door meeting of the UN group. The UK, France and Germany called on Pyongyang to return to negotiations and said the North's recent launches were violations of UNSC resolutions. According to the Associated Press, the UNSC members issued the statement following a briefing from Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and former U.S. Ambassador to the UN. "We reiterate our condemnation of such repeated provocative launches which are violations of UN Security Council resolutions