The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea opposes country-specific draft resolutions, which clearly show the politicization of human rights and selectivity and double standards when considering human rights issues. Politicized country-specific draft resolutions have nothing to do w…
At present, Security Council reform is one of the core elements of the reform of the United Nations with the aim of enabling the Council to better carry out its mission to ensure peace and security in the world. The Security Council is one of the major organs of the United Nations. It has a fundamen…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is taking the floor to clarify its position with regard to the nuclear tests described unfairly in the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (see A/73/315).
Based on our willingness to end this history of confrontation and achie…
My delegation would like to exercise its right of reply with regard to the statement made by the observer of the European Union (EU).
We condemn the politicized allegations made by the EU against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which bear no relation to the genuine protection and promoti…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea extends its full support to draft resolution A/73/L.3, entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”, based on the principled stand of the Movement of Non-…
First of all, allow me to congratulate Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. I look forward to a successful outcome of the session under her able stewardship.
Peace and development is the common desire of…
I would like to state the position of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at this plenary meeting on the report of the Secretary-General (A/72/884) on the responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
First, we do not suppo…
Allow me first to express my gratitude to you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s open debate of the Security Council in a timely manner on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. My delegation fully believes that under
your able leadership, the current debate…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea supports the draft oral amendment to section XXII of draft resolution II proposed by the Cuban delegation, since the concept of the responsibility to protect has not yet been agreed on by all Member States in the General Assembly and inform…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea categorically rejects draft resolution I, on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, submitted by the European Union and Japan.
The draft resolution is a product of the political and military confrontati…
At the outset, I condemn Japan, in the strongest possible terms, which has assumed the presidency of the Security Council for December and is, at the instigation of the United States, evilly taking advantage of this opportunity to convene a ministerial Security Council briefing on the issue of non-p…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would like to point out that the report (see A/72/221) of the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) and the urgency of this meeting present a seriously distorted picture of reality with regard to the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsu…
I would like to comment briefly on the qualifications of Japan. In my understanding, Japan is in no way qualified to say anything about the nuclear issue or about questions of humanity in this Hall. Japan is the only country in the world that is still trying very hard to avoid admitting to, apologiz…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to make some remarks additional to the statement delivered by my Ambassador this morning (see A/72/PV.46) to help clarify the lack of understanding and to educate some persons sitting in this Hall who are illiterate and ignorant as to the situation on the Kor…
I would first like to express my appreciation for the efforts of the representatives of Romania and Tunisia as last year’s co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform.
The issue of Council reform is an important and pressing matter, given the currently complicated int…
First of all, allow me to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election as the
President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. I look forward to the successful outcome of this session, which will unfold under his able guidance.
Before going into the main points i…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session.
The responsibility to protect people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity is within each country’s sovereignty. As h…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate.
Let me begin by welcoming the adoption of resolution 2334 (2016) on 23 December 2016, which clearly condemns illegal Israeli settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.
The resolution of the Midd…
First of all, allow me to join previous speakers in expressing our appreciation to Her Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden and His Excellency the Secretary-General for organizing this open debate of the Security Council on conflict prevention and sustaining peace.
Today the role o…
At the outset, let me join previous speakers in expressing my gratitude for the successful efforts made by the Spanish presidency in convening this meeting.
First of all, I strongly and totally reject the remarks made by some delegations — including Japan France and South Korea — who have picked up…
