The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would like to clarify its position regarding the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (see A/71/322), on the agenda of this meeting, which reflects a deeply distorted picture of realities on the nuclear issue over the Korean pen…
Today, the role of the Security Council is crucial in carrying out the mission of the United Nations, which is to ensure international peace and security. In many parts of the world, events posing grave threats to peace and security and the existence of humankind continue to unfold, indicating there…
My delegation would like to exercise its right of reply to respond to the statements made by the observer of the European Union (EU) and some of its member countries.
My delegation totally resents the groundless allegations made by the EU and those EU countries. The EU is the main violator of human…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would like to join the previous speaker in extending its warm and heartfelt congratulations to the Cuban delegation.
Let me first express our intention to associate ourselves with the statements by the representative of Venezuela and the r…
First of all, allow me to congratulate Mr. Peter Thomson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. I hope that his able stewardship will lead this session to a successful outcome. I also hope that this session, under the theme “Sustainable Development Goals: …
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would like to state its position on a nuclear issue that was mentioned in a prejudicial manner in the annual report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (see A/70/219).
The nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula is the direct pr…
I would like to take this opportunity to clarify the views and positions of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the issue of Security Council reform.
On the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, it is very important to reflect on its essential missio…
I listened very carefully to what the representative of Japan said. History itself cannot be denied and cannot be erased. All of what he said just now serves as camouflage and a cover-up designed in an attempt to hide the heinous crimes that were committed against humanity. That crimes were committe…
I would like to respond to the statement made by the representative of Japan. I will try to be brief because we have raised the issue of Japan on other occasions throughout this session.
This year, we celebrate 70 years since the founding of the United Nations. This is a moment to reflect on the pe…
I would like to congratulate Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his election as President of the General Assembly at this historic seventieth session. I hope that his able stewardship will lead this session, under the theme “The United Nations at 70: the road ahead for peace, security and human rights”, to a s…
As we mark the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 70/1), which reflects the will and desire of the broad-based membership of the United Nations, is a meaningful event in United Nations history. The pos…
Today, the United Nations and its Member
States stand at a historic moment of looking at past, present and future. Seventy years ago, the heroic army and people of the Soviet Union defeated fascism and militarism, which had driven humankind into enormous suffering and death and made a great contrib…
I want to make one point very clear to Japan. Japan must make a political decision to liquidate its past crimes. A liquidation of the past should include totally extinguishing the ambition to revive the militarism still alive in the mind of Japan. This cannot be left over to the future any longer. J…
I would like to respond to the intervention made by the representative of Japan.
The theme of today’s meeting is the seventieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War. This special solemn meeting of the General Assembly is in commemoration of all the victims of the Second World War. As I me…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea expresses its appreciation to China for having organized this open debate on the topic of reaffirming the strong commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. We expect that this wide-ranging topic will ser…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would like to express its thanks to those delegations that voted against resolution 69/188. My delegation again fully rejects this forcibly adopted resolution against my country. The resolution proves once again that the United States and i…
My delegation would like to state its position on draft resolution I, entitled “Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”, as contained in document A/69/488/Add.3, which was submitted by the European Union (EU) and Japan.
My delegation totally rejects this draft resolu…
My delegation would like to explain its vote on resolution 69/59, entitled “Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments”.
The major blocks to achieving disarmament at present are the pursuit of the doctrine of hegemony and power politics of the Cold…
At the outset, let me begin by expressing our appreciation to you, Sir, for convening this meeting on such an important issue.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Iran (see A/69/PV.49) on behalf of the Non-Aligned …
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would like to state its position on draft resolution A/69/L.7, entitled “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency”. This statement will also constitute my delegation’s reply to irrelevant and even hostile statements made by some del…
