The UN Security Council will hold a ministerial-level meeting on Thursday on the threat from the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that will focus on enforcing sanctions on North Korea. <br/><br/>The United States called the meeting that will be held during the annual General Assembly gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, diplomats said.<br/><br/>The purpose of the meeting is to discuss ways the Security Council can better enforce the resolutions it has adopted to prevent the spread of the world's most dangerous weapons.<br/><br/>The Security Council this week imposed a new raft of sanctions on North Korea, slapping an export ban on textiles, freezing work permits to North Korean guest workers and placing a cap on oil supplies.<br/><br/>The UN Security Council has strongly condemned "highly provocative" launch of a ballistic missile by North Korea over Japan. The UN top body In a unanimous statement, also backed by China, today demanded that the Pyongyang immediately halt such "outrageous" actions.<br/><br/>The Security Council after an emergency meeting, convened at the request of Japan and the US, said that the launch was carried out just three weeks after a first missile overflew Japan and less than two weeks after Pyongyang's sixth and biggest nuclear test. <br/><br/>The 15-member body stressed that these actions were not just a threat to the region, but to all UN Member States.The Security Council's reaction came a day after North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile from Pyongyang over northern Japan.<br/>Earlier this week, the UN Security Council agreed to tighten sanctions on North Korea, banning its textile exports and capping fuel supplies.