The resolution condemned the launch and further tightened sanctions on the country, restricting fuel imports and other trade, as well as the ability of North Korean citizens to work abroad.

[2] The UN member states were authorized to "seize, inspect, freeze and impound any vessel in their territorial waters" found to illicitly supply petroleum to North Korea.

[2] Permanent Representative of Egypt Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta said that he had voted in favour of the resolution "to maintain the credibility of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which must be binding without discrimination or distinction".

[2] Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Kairat Umarov said that "the temporary nature of the sanctions must be stressed in order for the measures to have their desired result of bringing about talks".

[1] The statement defined the resolution "as a grave infringement upon the sovereignty" of North Korea and "an act of war violating peace and stability in the Korean peninsula and the region".