"NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION"

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

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said today, “tariffs and provocation of trade disputes which upset global industrial and supply chains, serve to undermine the multilateral trading regime and global economic and trade order.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General deplores reversals in disarmament efforts, as General Assembly commemorates International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

Secretary-General deplores reversals in disarmament efforts, as General Assembly commemorates International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

In his address to the General Assembly’s general debate, the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, said his country “has resisted the most merciless economic terrorism” and stressed that Iran’s “response to any negotiation under sanctions is negative.” UNIFEED

“There is full determination to try and preserve” the Iran nuclear deal,” said the EU High Representative Federika Mogherini after chairing a meeting of E3+2 with Iran and added “every step that has been taken so far by Iran – and I underline so far – is reversible.” UNIFEED