Story highlights Security Council unanimously votes in favor of resolution condemning North Korea missile tests

Russia had held it up, but insists it wasn't planning veto

United Nations (CNN) The UN Security Council has formally condemned North Korea's latest missile launch, demanding that it "immediately" cease further actions that violate resolutions.

"The members of the Security Council expressed their utmost concern over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's highly destabilizing behavior and flagrant and provocative defiance of the Security Council by conducting this ballistic missile launch in violation of its international obligations," a statement read.

It called on the reclusive state to show "sincere commitment to denuclearization and stressed the importance of working to reduce tensions in the Korean Peninsula and beyond."

North Korea has recently escalated is missile and nuclear weapons programs. On Sunday, it attempted to test fire another missile , but it was unsuccessful, according to South Korean and US officials.