Non-Proliferation/Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Security Council, 9336th Meeting

Briefing Security Council on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Failed Launch, Senior Official Stresses Diplomacy ‘the Only Way Forward’.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:17:53
• Production Date: 2 June 2023
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Original; Russian; Spanish
• Personal Subject: DICARLO, ROSEMARY A.
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: NON-PROLIFERATION; PEACE AND SECURITY; PEACEBUILDING
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; KOREAN PENINSULA
• MAMS Id: 3051341
• Parent Id: 3050813

Description

Following the recently failed launch of what the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has described as a military reconnaissance satellite, a senior United Nations official today stressed to the Security Council that diplomacy — and not isolation — is the only way forward, as she underlined that the 15-nation organ’s lack of unity and action does little to slow the Korean Peninsula’s negative trajectory.

Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, briefing the Council on the launch which occurred on 31 May at 6:37 a.m. local time, reported that the rocket crashed off the Peninsula’s western coast after losing thrust.nbsp;

While a sovereign State has the right to benefit from space activities, Council resolutions explicitly prohibit that country from conducting any launches using ballistic missile technology, she reported.nbsp;

In the ensuing debate, many speakers joined the Secretary-General’s strong condemnation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s attempted launch.nbsp;

The meeting began at 3:05 p.m. and ended at 4:23 p.m.