United Nations, August 12, SPA -- The U.N. Security Council is meeting Tuesday afternoon to discuss a Myanmar court’s decision to sentence Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to an additional 18 months of house arrest. “This is a purely political sentence,” British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in a statement. “The U.N. Security Council, whose will has been flouted, must also now respond resolutely and impose a worldwide ban on the sale of arms to the regime.” Britain holds the presidency of the 15-member council for the month of August. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/692044