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.