"KOREAN PENINSULA"

A UN top political affairs official told the Security Council that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK’s) launches “represent a serious risk to international civil aviation and maritime traffic.” UNIFEED

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) ambassador Kim Song told the General Assembly that some UN member states are “instigating confrontation between camps and bloc-forming in pursuance of hegemony and self-profits”, adding that “because of their prejudiced behavior, conflict and bloodshed among nations, forces, ethnics and religious sects are continuing unabated in the international arena.” UNIFEED

Speaking at the General Assembly’s High-Level Debate, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, “the future is being shaped by a struggle, a struggle between the global majority in favor of a fairer distribution of global benefits and civilized diversity, and between the few who wield neocolonial methods of subjugation in order to maintain their domination which is slipping through their hands.” UNIFEED

UN chief António Guterres commended ASEAN’s vital role in building bridges of understanding all over the world, reiterating that “we need it in a world that is increasingly multipolar” and that requires strong multilateral institutions based on equity, solidarity, and universality. ASEAN SUMMIT HOST BROADCASTER

Non-proliferation/Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Increasingly Repressing Its Citizen’s Human Rights, Freedoms, High Commissioner Warns Security Council

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Member States on the Situation in the DPRK - Security Council Media Stakeout

Non-Proliferation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Security Council, 9376th Meeting

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.