At the outset, I should like to express my delegation’s gratitude to you, Mr. President, for having convened this important meeting on the reform of the Security Council.
The reform of the Security Council has been on the agenda for 15 years as part of the reform of the United Nations. In spite of …
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea wishes to highlight the following position with regard to draft resolution A/64/L.7, entitled “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency” (IAEA). The current draft takes note of the IAEA report and its resolution GC(53)/RES/15, adopt…
On behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I would like
to congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. At the same time, I wish to express my hope that his skilful stewardship will lead the cu…
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
It is a century-long common aspiration of humankind to live in a new peaceful and prosperous world, free from aggression and war. Contrary to the expectations of h…
I apologize on behalf of my delegation for taking the floor once again. My delegation considers that it has the obligation to reiterate its position with regard to the issue of Japan’s crimes, since the Japanese delegation seems not to understand even the essence of its crimes.
Japan’s crimes are n…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would again like to comment on the statement made by the representative of Japan in this General Assembly.
Whenever opportunities are provided, Japan has pretended that the issue of its past crimes against humanity is groundless. This is t…
The international community established the Human Rights Council as a new organ in the hope that it would deal with the human rights issues of every country on an equal footing, through constructive dialogue and cooperation, discarding the shortcomings of its predecessor body, the Commission on Huma…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea believes that the Japanese delegation has not yet understood or grasped the thrust of the statement that we made as an explanation of position before the vote. In fact, it is our duty to make known to the international community what the at…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea wishes to stress its position
with regard to draft resolution A/63/L.6, entitled “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency”.
As described in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report and resolution GC(52)/RES/14, cited …
I am sorry to take the floor again. The Japanese representative has just said that the figures I gave were groundless. But Japan refuses to reveal all the facts and figures it holds in its archives. We requested, on numerous occasions, that Japan reveal all those documents. Since he said that the fi…
My delegation would like me to reply to the remarks made a moment ago by the delegation of Japan. The Japanese representative’s remarks attempt to divorce black from white, as if Japan were doing something to redress its past crimes.
In adopting the Pyongyang Declaration of the Democratic People’s …
At the outset, on behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. I also wish to express confidence that, under your able stewardship, the current session will …
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/62/L.4, entitled “Peace, security and reunification on the Korean peninsula”.
The inter-Korean summit held in Pyongyang from 2 to 4 October 2007 witnessed the adoption of the Declaration on the Advancement of North-South Korean Relations, Peace and …
Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is, in essence, an issue directly linked to the end of the hostile policy of the United States and its nuclear threat against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. A peaceful resolution of the nuclear issue through dialogue and negotiations is our consis…
I am very sorry to take the floor again. I will be very brief concerning the remarks made by the Japanese representative. Japan always says that it apologizes for the crimes committed in the past, in particular against Koreans. But this is only lip-service. We very often see that they revoke their a…
I would like to exercise the right of reply to the statement or comment by the delegation of Japan.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea cannot remain unconcerned at the recent moves by Japan to militarize by turning various forces into a regular army. We are concerned about these Japanese mov…
On behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. I am confident that your able leadership will ensure the success of our work.
I wis…
I should like to speak in exercise of the right of reply to the statement just made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan. In his statement, he mentioned the issue of the abduction of a few Japanese, distorting the facts by saying that nothing has been done concerning this issue. In fact, whe…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would like first of all to extend warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its current session.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea considers that the recommendation of the General Co…
My delegation closely followed the statement made by the representative of Japan. He mentioned non-discrimination in dealing with forcing the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan to sell its building and land. I would simply like to cite one example of how there is discrimination against…
