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 that has been in place for nearly a decade and the addition of a new state 
 with nuclear weapon capacity is a clear setback to international commitments 
 to move toward nuclear disarmament," he said in a statement issued by the 
 International Atomic Energy Agency. 
  
 The European Union and NATO also condemned the reported test. 
  
 "It is a threat to world peace and security and will demand the strongest 
 possible reaction from the international community," NATO Secretary General 
 Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in Brussels. 
  
 British Prime Minister Tony Blair criticized the North for defying the 
 international community. 
  
 "The international community has repeatedly urged them to refrain from both 
 missile testing and nuclear testing," he said. "This further act of defiance 
 shows North Korea's disregard for the concerns of its neighbors and the 
 wider international community." 
  
  
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