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North Korea official blasts UN’s refusal to weigh alternatives to sanctions
[SCMP]  North Korea pushed back against United Nations...where theory meets practice and practice loses... Security Council resolutions meant to restrict the country’s trade and international financial ties, accusing Secretary-General António Guterres of ignoring multiple requests from Pyongyang to consider countermeasures. Guterres has declined to respond to multiple requests from North Korea’s UN delegation to convene an "international forum of legal experts" to discuss the legal justification for UN sanctions implemented and tightened in recent years, most recently in November 2016, Kim In-ryong, North Korea’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, told news hounds. The Security Council’s resolutions are meant to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear detonations and ballistic missile tests, a programme analysts say is meant to develop nuclear weapons. The body has issued a series of resolutions since 2006, after six-nation talks involving North Korea, China, the US, Japan, South Korea and Russia broke down. Kim’s delegation has also sent multiple petitions to the UN Security Council seeking an emergency meeting to discuss joint military exercises conducted by the US and South Korea. Posted by: Fred 2017-05-27 |
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