"NON-PROLIFERATION"

The mandate renewal of the panel of experts assisting the sanctions committee on Democratic People's Republic of Korea was vetoed by permanent Council member Russia, in a vote of 13 favour to 1 against (Russia) and 1 abstention (China). UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Humanity cannot survive a sequel to Oppenheimer.” UNIFEED

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said, “Loose talk about nuclear weapons, assembled, disassembled, ready to use or not are incredibly worrying,” reiterating that “all countries that have signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are not supposed to have nuclear weapons in any form.” IAEA

Joint media stakeout delivered by Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, on Russia and Ukraine.

Threats to international peace and security.

UN senior official for political affairs Khaled Khiari reiterated that any launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) using ballistic missile technology is “a violation of relevant Security Council resolutions, and we strongly urge the DPRK to refrain from such actions.” UNIFEED

Joint statement of Robert Wood, Alternate Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, on behalf of the United States, Albania, Ecuador, France, Japan, Malta, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Switzerland, and United Kingdom on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's latest Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch.

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

Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council that in Iran “a stockpile of enriched uranium remains a very serious concern”. UNIFEED

Letter dated 5 December 2023 from the Security Council for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2023/963)