"NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION"

Marking seventy-fifth anniversary of United Nations Charter, Security Council calls on Member States to uphold founding document’s principles.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said, geopolitical tensions are “leading more and more countries to take unpredicted decisions with unpredictable consequences and a profound risk of miscalculation.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Senior United Nations official denounces moves by United States and Iran eroding 2015 nuclear deal, as Security Council delegates call for avoiding missteps at 8695th meeting.

Briefing the Security Council on the Iranian nuclear programme, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said, “We regret the withdrawal of the United States from the JCPOA in May 2018 and the recent steps taken by Iran to reduce its nuclear-related commitments under the Plan.” UNIFEED

A top UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations official told the Security Council the Democratic People Republic of Korea (DPRK) launching of ballistic missiles and its threat of potentially taking a so-called “new path” in the coming weeks was “deeply troubling.” UNIFEED

United States ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft said Iran is a “bad actor” and stressed that the “maximum pressure campaign” against it must continue, adding that there are “other tools” the US would use against Iran if they continue their “malicious behavior” in the Middle East. UNIFEED

Following his appointment as IAEA Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi told a Special Session of the Agency’s General Conference that the organization is “indispensable” in making sure nuclear material “scattered around the world in countless nuclear power plants and facilities is not misused.” IAEA

Briefing by Reem Abaza, Spokesperson for the President of the 74th Session of the General Assembly.

At the opening of the Conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, UN chief Antonio Guterres said, “serious deliberations” on the matter would be an opportunity for the States of the region to engage in “direct dialogue on arrangements that could address their security requirements.” UNIFEED