Looking at the subsequent events, it appears that indeed the fact that the Security Council held an emergency session on December 19 did help to support a process to calm the escalating tension on the Korean Peninsula, at least temporarily.
Notes
1.Ronda Hauben, "Can the Security Council Act to Calm Rising Tension on Korean Peninsula?", Dec 19, 2010, blog at taz.de
2. Churkin refers to Rule 2 of the Provisional Rules of Procedure for the Security Council as the basis for expecting the Security Council to be called to meet on Saturday in response to his request. Rule 2 reads:
"The President shall call a meeting of the Security Council at the request of any member of the Security Council."
http://www.un.org/doc/sc/scrules.htm
3. Turtle Bay blog, December 18, 2010 click here
4. Inner City Press, December 20, 2011.
http://www.innercitypress.com/usun5ruskor122010.html
5. Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, at a Media Stakeout on the Situation on the Korean Peninsula, 19 December 2010, (start 06:14)
6. Remarks by President of the Security Council, Ambassador Susan E. Rice, United States Permanent Representative, at a Media Stakeout on the Situation on the Korean Peninsula, 19 December 2010
7. Ambassador Wang Min, Deputy Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China, at a Media Stakeout on the Situation on the Korean Peninsula, 20 December 2010
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