Non-proliferation/Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) - Security Council, 9676th meeting

Pyongyang’s Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons Continues to Undermine Global Disarmament, Non-Proliferation Regime, High Representative Warns Security Council

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:15:59
• Production Date: 28 June 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: IZUMI NAKAMITSU; SERGIY KYSLYTSYA
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: VETO; INTERNATIONAL MONITORS; BALLISTIC MISSILES; ARMS TRADE; ACCOUNTABILITY; WAR; GOODS TRANSPORT; SECURITY SITUATIONS; INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; POLITICAL AFFAIRS; REGIONAL COOPERATION; TECHNICAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SANCTIONS
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: 3234842
• Parent Id: 3228807

Description

Amid a deepening strategic alignment between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, numerous speakers observed that Moscow’s veto of the Panel of Experts’ mandate renewal served as a cover-up for its unlawful arms transfers from Pyongyang, while others warned about the establishment of the Washington, D.C.-Tokyo-Seoul military alliance in the Asia-Pacific region. 

Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, said that Pyongyang’s persistent pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes continues to undermine the global nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime. Since 2022, the country has conducted more than 100 launches of ballistic missiles, and most recently, on 26 June, it reportedly undertook a launch using ballistic missile technology. 

Spotlighting recent allegations of the transfer of ballistic missiles and ammunition from that country to the Russian Federation for use in the conflict in Ukraine, she emphasized that any transfer of weapons and ammunition must comply with the applicable international legal framework, including relevant Council resolutions and the sanctions regimes they establish. 

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