UN Security Council Fails Again to Adopt Statement on North Korea Missile Launch
[Asia Economy New York=Special Correspondent Joselgina] The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a closed-door meeting on the 7th (local time) at the UN Headquarters in New York regarding North Korea's ballistic missile launch but once again failed to adopt a statement at the Security Council level.
After the closed-door meeting, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US Ambassador to the UN, criticized through a joint statement by 11 countries including the US and South Korea, saying, "The Security Council continues to remain silent while North Korea escalates its destabilizing actions."
She pointed out, "The Security Council's failure to take any action every time a ballistic missile is launched not only undermines the Council's own credibility on the North Korea issue but also weakens the global non-proliferation regime." She also appeared to target China and Russia by urging "all member states to fully implement Security Council resolutions concerning North Korea."
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North Korea has continued ballistic missile provocations this year, but due to vetoes by China and Russia, permanent members of the Security Council, there has been no Security Council-level response. This Security Council meeting was convened following North Korea's launch of one ballistic missile on the 5th.
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