US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that the launch "was an unprecedented violation which required an unprecedented response" and that "further defiance would result in further isolation".[1] Permanent Representative of France François Delattre called the resolution "a significant step in bolstering action against the provocations" of 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".[2]