It is the consistent policy of the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to oppose every kind of sanction, including economic, commercial and financial embargoes on sovereign States. The United States blockade of Cuba is a legacy of the Cold War, designed to overthrow the legitimat…
On behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I should first like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Sam Kahamba Kutesa on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea fully endorses the main them…
Let me first commend you, Mr. President, for having convened this very important meeting in a very timely manner. Let me also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing. I should like also to associate the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with the statement to be mad…
Annually, on the grounds of it being “annual and routine”, the United States continues to hold joint military exercises. This August, the United States is going to hold another very dangerous and provocative joint military exercise.
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As long as the United States maintains more than 1,000 nuclear weapons and continues to increase its nuclear threats and blackmail against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s already diversified nuclear strike…
At the outset, I would like to thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson for his remarks commemorating the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1540 (2004).
It is almost 70 years since the first nuclear-weapon State in the world emerged, in 1945. International efforts to build a nuclear-we…
We apologize for taking the floor again. We have just heard remarks that do not make any sense. Previously, the Japanese representative also made totally senseless remarks. Concerning those remarks, let me emphasize three points.
First, the Japanese representative talked about a peace-loving Japan.…
Allow me, on behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, first to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Jordan’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Let me also welcome your initiative, Sir, which is very timely and on the right topic. We are…
My delegation takes the floor to clarify its position in total rejection of resolution 68/183, entitled “Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” and to disassociate itself from its adoption.
There are no human rights violations in my country as mentioned in the reso…
My delegation firmly believes that all human rights issues should be addressed through the Universal Periodic Review mechanism, rather than in plenary meeting, especially given that country-specific draft resolutions clearly run counter to the principles of impartiality and non-selectivity with resp…
Every day the South Korean regime, as a puppet of its American master and together with external forces, takes another step along the road of national betrayal and pushes the situation on the Korean peninsula to extremes, introducing highly sophisticated means of war, including nuclear weapons.
For…
I would like to exercise the right of reply to respond to the remarks made by the representative of South Korea about the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which are totally absurd, groundless and unreasonable, as well as provocative. The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea …
It is an honour to speak before the General Assembly on such an important agenda item as the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters. It is a pressing task at present to improve the work of the Security Council, which has the…
I am sorry to ask for the floor again. Regarding the statement made by the representative of Japan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would like to clarify its position.
The representative of Japan made reference to many issues concerning our country’s so-called nuclear activities. I believ…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has before it draft resolution
A/68/L.10, on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Regarding the draft resolution, the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea once again considers one part of the report to b…
With regard to the remarks by the representative of South Korea, the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would like to clarify its position. In his statement, the representative made reference to three issues.
First, with regard to certain nuclear tests by the Democratic People’…
I am speaking in exercise of the right of reply regarding the Japanese delegation’s allegations concerning the abductions issue and the Korean nuclear issue.
First, on behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I fully reject the preposterous allegation of the Japanese d…
The representative of South Korea has just made some very absurd remarks to the 193 Member States, which we totally reject as misleading. It is telling distorted truths.
With reference to the joint military exercise, the representative of South Korea said that it was routine and defensive, but if o…
With regard to the nuclear issue relating to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I would like to draw attention, on behalf of my delegation, to our unique security environment, which is that of being threatened and blackmailed by the largest nuclear- weapon State. In this regard, I would like…
