Non-Proliferation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Security Council, 9376th Meeting
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Citing Growing Tensions on Korean Peninsula, Top Peacebuilding Official Warns Security Council Pyongyang’s Missile System ‘Can Reach Most Points on Earth’
The intercontinental ballistic missiles being developed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea “can reach most points on Earth”, a senior United Nations official warned today, urging Pyongyang to fully comply with its international obligations under all relevant resolutions adopted by the Security Council.
Briefing the 15-member organ, Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, detailed Pyongyang’s launch on 12 July of a long-range solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile — a model that does not need to undergo fuelling prior to launch and thus can be launched more quickly than the liquid-fuel type.
On 31 May, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea also attempted to launch its first military satellite using ballistic-missile technology, he reported. While it is the right of any sovereign State to launch a satellite and benefit from peaceful space activities, the relevant Council resolutions expressly prohibit Pyongyang from conducting any launches using ballistic-missile technology, he stressed.
As the seventieth anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement approaches, he deplored that “it is a tragic reality that tensions persist and remain unresolved, even after seven decades”, while outlining several practical measures that can be taken, including re-establishing communication channels, particularly those between military entities to avoid an unintended escalation.
The ensuing debate revealed a deep division in the Council, with diverging views on the causes for growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
The meeting began at 5:10 p.m. and ended at 6:44 p.m
The intercontinental ballistic missiles being developed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea “can reach most points on Earth”, a senior United Nations official warned today, urging Pyongyang to fully comply with its international obligations under all relevant resolutions adopted by the Security Council.
Briefing the 15-member organ, Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, detailed Pyongyang’s launch on 12 July of a long-range solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile — a model that does not need to undergo fuelling prior to launch and thus can be launched more quickly than the liquid-fuel type.
On 31 May, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea also attempted to launch its first military satellite using ballistic-missile technology, he reported. While it is the right of any sovereign State to launch a satellite and benefit from peaceful space activities, the relevant Council resolutions expressly prohibit Pyongyang from conducting any launches using ballistic-missile technology, he stressed.
As the seventieth anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement approaches, he deplored that “it is a tragic reality that tensions persist and remain unresolved, even after seven decades”, while outlining several practical measures that can be taken, including re-establishing communication channels, particularly those between military entities to avoid an unintended escalation.
The ensuing debate revealed a deep division in the Council, with diverging views on the causes for growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
The meeting began at 5:10 p.m. and ended at 6:44 p.m
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