Eleven countries have condemned North Korea’s most recent ballistic missile launch, after Pyongyang’s state media claimed that it had conducted an “important test” on Sunday for developing a “reconnaissance satellite.” U.S. deputy ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis issued a joint statement on Monday on behalf of 11 countries–the United States, Albania, Brazil, France, Ireland, Norway, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea–urging the U.N. Security Council to be unified in condemning North Korea’s “unlawful acts.” DeLaurentis also mentioned that Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea were the latest countries to join the “chorus of voices condemning the DPRK’s action,” which refers to North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The 11 nations urged all U.N. members to implement all Security Council resolutions that obligate North Korea to abandon its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs “in a complete, verifiable, and irreversible manner.” Japan …