North Korea’s U. N. ambassador is warning the United States and the rest of the world that it will keep building up its nuclear arsenal regardless of sanctions, pressure or military attack.<\/b>
\nNorth Korea’s U. N. ambassador warned the United States and the rest of the world Wednesday that his country will keep building up its nuclear arsenal regardless of sanctions, pressure or military attack.
Kim In Ryong told the U. N. Security Council that the more than 50-year confrontation between North Korea and the United States came closer to the brink of nuclear war than ever before when the U. S. military held what he called its largest-ever \u00ab\u00a0aggressive\u00a0\u00bb maneuvers with South Korea in April and May.
Since then, he said, the United States has sent B-1B nuclear bombers into South Korean airspace, deployed the THAAD anti-missile system in the country, imposed new U. S. sanctions against North Korea, and spearheaded another U. N. sanctions resolution.
Kim said the Trump administration is pursuing an outdated \u00ab\u00a0hostile policy\u00a0\u00bb toward the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which is North Korea’s official name.
He said the United States is modernizing its nuclear weapons but other countries aren’t allowed \u00ab\u00a0to test or launch any object which goes with the words of nuclear or ballistic.\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0This is really the height of shameless arrogance, self-righteousness and double standards, \u00a0\u00bb he said.
Accusing the U. S. of trying to hold down North Korea and retain a military edge in Asia as part of \u00ab\u00a0its dream of world domination, \u00a0\u00bb Kim said the North Korean people have concluded that to defend their rights and sovereignty they must respond in kind.
\u00ab\u00a0No matter what others say, whatever sanctions, pressure and military attack may follow, we will not flinch from the road to build up nuclear forces, which was chosen to defend the sovereignty of the country and the rights to national existence, \u00a0\u00bb he said.
The North Korean ambassador was making a rare appearance in the Security Council at an open meeting on implementation of a resolution adopted in 2004 aimed at keeping terrorists, extremists and other \u00ab\u00a0non-state actors\u00a0\u00bb from obtaining nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. He has boycotted council meetings dealing with U. N. sanctions against North Korea.
A statement read at the council meeting by Spain’s U. N. ambassador, Roman Oyarzun Marchesi, on behalf of 51 countries that strongly oppose the spread of weapons of mass destruction condemns \u00ab\u00a0proliferation in all possible forms by anyone\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 and vows to \u00ab\u00a0make every effort to prevent it.\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0In this connection, we condemn in the strongest terms the nuclear weapons and ballistic missile development activities conducted by the DPRK in flagrant violation of the Security Council’s resolutions, \u00a0\u00bb said the statement, whose signatories include the United States and countries from Asia, Africa, the Mideast, Latin America and Europe.
The U. N. disarmament chief, Izumi Nakamitsu, warned the Security Council that advancements in science and technology in an increasingly interconnected world are making it more difficult to prevent \u00ab\u00a0the disastrous scenario\u00a0\u00bb of terrorists using nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. She said that while globalization brings new opportunities for economic growth and development it also facilitates the rapid movement of materials and the latest scientific and technological discoveries as well as people with expertise.
\u00ab\u00a0Non-state actors including terrorist organizations will exploit any loophole to obtain these technologies, \u00a0\u00bb she said.
\u00ab\u00a0While there are still significant technical hurdles that terrorist groups need to overcome to effectively use weapons of mass destruction, a growing number of emerging technologies could make this barrier easier to cross, \u00a0\u00bb Nakamitsu said.
She pointed to the use of drones, 3D printers and the exploitation of \u00ab\u00a0dark web\u00a0\u00bb as a marketplace to buy dual-use equipment and materials.
\u00ab\u00a0Dual use is further complicating our efforts to address the risk posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, \u00a0\u00bb Nakamitsu said.
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