From Washington Post archives :

North Korea had conducted its first nuclear weapons test on 9 october 2006.

Here is the 9 october 2006 official announcement by the Pyongyang authorities.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/20/ AR2006112000609.html

ON 14 october 2006 United Nations Security Council voted a resolution condemning the nuclear test and announcing sanctions. This declaration can be see in pdf in the Washington Post by a link in the upper article<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2007/08/11 23:28