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Ban Ki-Moon: Rice Should Talk with North Korea
Oct. 15, 2006 — - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice should have diplomatic talks with North Korea, U.N. Secretary-General-Designate Ban Ki-moon told Bill Weir on Sunday's "Good Morning America Weekend Edition." "If possible it would be a good opportunity," he said. "The United States has expressed on many occasions that they will be prepared to talk with North Korea if and when they return to six party talks. ... I hope North Korea will take this opportunity to discuss all their concerns."

The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution Saturday that will impose harsh sanctions against North Korea just six days after Kim Jong Il's rogue regime declared that it conducted an underground nuclear test. The Security Council said the North Korean test amounted to a "clear threat to international peace and security."

Immediately after the vote, North Korean Ambassador Pak Gil Yon addressed the Council and rejected the U.N. vote, calling it a "gangster-like action."
And no one knows more about gangster-like actions than the Norks.
"This clearly shows the Security Council has completely lost its impartiality," he said, "as it persists in applying double standards in its work."

"This is very much regrettable that North Korea declared the rejection," Ban Ki-moon said Sunday. The foreign minister said he "hopes North Korea will comply fully to [the] resolutions."

Posted by: john 2006-10-15
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