United Nations, April 09, SPA --The United Nations Today contradicted comments by a North Korean diplomat, saying Pyongyang had not yet notified the world body that it had launched a satellite into orbit as U.N. rules require, according to Reuters. North Korean Deputy U.N. Ambassador Pak Tok Hun had said hebelieved Pyongyang had already registered what it says was asatellite it launched into space on Sunday under the 1976 U.N. Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into OuterSpace, which North Korea has signed. But U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas told reporters thatthat the U.N. Office for Outer Space Affairs had received nonotification of any North Korean satellite. "As of today, they have not received any information fromDPRK (North Korea) under the Outer Space Treaty nor theregistration convention with regard to the launch," she said. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/652870