"BALLISTIC MISSILES"

Following last week’s intercontinental ballistic missile launching drill by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the UN top official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas warned the Security Council that the country “has clearly stated its intention to continue pursuing its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions.” UNIFEED

United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) “remains one of the most repressive governments in the world” as “it continues to systematically neglect the well-being of its people and deny them their human rights and fundamental freedoms.” UNIFEED

A spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said, “The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today deplored the human cost of the war in Ukraine that has left at least 8,006 civilians dead and 13,287 injured over the past 12 months, in addition to the numerous lives previously lost in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.” OHCHR / UNTV CH

UN senior official for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Khaled Khiari said, “the situation on the Korean Peninsula continues to head in the wrong direction. Tensions continue to increase, due to the negative action-reaction cycle, with no off-ramps in sight.” UNIFEED

Hybrid press briefing by Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, Permanent Representative of India and President of the Security Council for the month of December. 

​​​​​​​Briefing Security Council on new missile launch by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, senior official calls for unified response, resumed dialogue.

Following the latest intercontinental ballistic missile test from the People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the top UN political affairs official told the Security Council that “tensions continue to increase” in the Korean Peninsula and “with no off ramps insight.” UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, on behalf of Albania, Australia, Ecuador, France, Ireland, India, Japan, Malta, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States, on DPRK ballistic missile launch.

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s unprecedented number of ballistic missile launches violates resolutions, senior official warns Security Council.

Following the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launch of an unprecedented number of cruise and ballistic missiles over the course of just 48 hours this week, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, said, “given the potential risks associated with any military confrontation, in exercise of its primary responsibility, the Security Council needs to do all it can to prevent an escalation.” UNIFEED