I hope that this colourful event will be an important opportunity not only to enhance social awareness of population and development, reproductive health and gender equality issues, but also to reaffirm Member States’ political commitments to the International Conference on Population and Developmen…
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 …
It is essential for the United Nations to ensure fairness in the activities of the Security Council in order to contribute to international peace and security. One of the reasons that the Council is not playing the role greatly expected of it in efforts for international peace and security, in line …
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea totally rejects the unjustifiable resolution 1718 (2006), adopted by the Security Council just now. It is gangster-like for the Security Council to have adopted today a coercive resolution,
while neglecting the nuclear threat, moves for sa…
The Security Council and the United Nations were established with the mission of maintaining international peace and security. Regrettably, however, during the 60 years since the Organization’s inception, the world has never been at peace at all. The world was unstable in the 1990s because of the co…
On behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I would like to make the following statement with regard to draft resolution A/60/L.13.
First, it is not relevant for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to mention in its report the nuclear issue of the Democratic …
The Security Council is a body of the utmost importance which bears major responsibility for maintaining international peace and security — even more than the General Assembly.
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is of the view that the deliberation of the current agenda ite…
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea considers that it is imperative for the Security Council to serve the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter in its activities in order to fulfil its mission.
The Security Council holds a key position in the overall United N…
Let me first express my thanks to Ambassador Martin Belinga-Eboutou of Cameroon for having introduced the annual report on the work of the Security Council and to the Secretariat for its preparation of the report.
Submission by the Security Council of an annual report on its work to the General Ass…
The core element of the Agreed Framework between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the United States, which was reached on 21 October 1994, is the provision of light-water reactors by the United States on the condition of a freeze on our nuclear activities.
Seven years have passed since…
Half a century has passed since the United Nations was founded with the noble mission of maintaining world peace and security. However, the United Nations has not yet realized humanity’s desire for a free, peaceful and new world, but has been confronted with a number of challenges.
Even after the e…
The statement that has just been made by the Chairman of the Asian Group is not accurate. The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has expressed its strong objection to the Asian candidate for the Security Council. South Korea’s membership of the Council would not contribute to pe…
The South Korean representative has once again revealed his ignorance. I should like to advise him to read carefully the Agreed Framework between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Agreed Framework was welcomed by the Security Council and the IAEA. It stipulates whe…
This morning the South Korean representative spoke about our “non-compliance” with the safeguards agreement, and he also defined the DPRK-US Agreed Framework as a complementary device to induce us to
The DPRK-US Agreed Framework, which was welcomed by the Security Council and the International Atom…
The nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula is a political and military one, in terms of its origin and nature, which can be resolved only by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the United States. In the past, the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have handled …
It is regrettable to note that the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) makes reference once again to the so-called nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula in a biased, subjective and unjustified manner, disregarding the reality.
As we have clarified our position repeatedly on the …
The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is pleased to have an opportunity to share its views with other Member States on agenda item 158, entitled “Report of the International Conference on Population and Development”.
The International Conference on Population and Development, …
The fundamental resolution of the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula is of great importance in defusing the tensions and establishing a lasting peace on the Korean peninsula.
It is from this point of view that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has maintained its consistent position that …
On behalf of the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Korean people, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all those who have expressed their deep condolences on the passing away of the respected and beloved leader, the late President Kim Il Sung.
The sudden …
