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Pak Kil Yon

lines on the record: 85
first: 2008-09-24
most recent: 2012-09-24
sittings or episodes: 5
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“With responsibility and patience, and relying on the nation’s concerted efforts, it is making every effort to realize the historic cause of national reunification by preventing interference by outside forces and any attempt by anti-reunification forces to achieve permanent national division. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will continue to further strengthen and develop the relations of friendship and cooperation with all countries that respect its sovereignty, pursuant to the principles of independence, peace and friendship on which its foreign policy is based, and will actively cooperate with the efforts of United Nations Member States to secure world peace and stability and to achieve sustainable development.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Furthermore, the confrontation between fellow countrymen and systems have caused an extreme deterioration in inter-Korean relations. The South Korean authorities rubbed salt in the wounds of our people, who had suffered such a huge national loss, even insulting our supreme dignity with acts of political terrorism, and leaving inter-Korean relations totally bankrupt. History will bring them to justice. The Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will join hands with anyone who truly desires the country’s reunification and national reconciliation and prosperity.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Since the turn of the new century, North-South summit meetings have been held twice, amid the joyful enthusiasm of all our fellow countrymen. They resulted in the adoption of the 15 June North-South Joint Declaration and the 4 October Declaration, and created an atmosphere in which the desire for reconciliation, cooperation and reunification between North and South reached a peak. Soon after taking office, however, the new South Korean authorities annulled all inter-Korean agreements, including the 15 June North-South Joint Declaration and the 4 October Declaration, which had been warmly welcomed and were fully supported by the entire Korean nation and the international community, including the United Nations.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“The only way to prevent war and ensure lasting peace on the Korean peninsula is to put an end to the hostile policy of the United States towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. That policy is the root cause that has made the Korean peninsula the world’s most dangerous hotspot, and it is the chief obstacle to lasting peace and security. The nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula is also a product of that policy. None of these problems, including the Korean peninsula nuclear issue, can be resolved without first ending the hostile policy of the United States, which views the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as an enemy target and tries to stif le it at any cost. That is the essence of the process of our dialogue with the United States and a lesson we have drawn from practical experience.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Our principled stand is based on reacting to an aggressor’s reckless provocations with an immediate, corresponding strike in defence of our nation’s dignity and sovereignty, and to respond to a war of aggression with a just war of reunification of the country. The realities of the situation on the Korean peninsula prove that we have been absolutely right to have built a military deterrent capacity for our self-defence, by tightening our belts in order to pursue the path of Songun and independence. Our military deterrent is a mighty weapon that defends the country’s sovereignty and a powerful means of preventing war on the Korean peninsula, as well as a strong guarantee that enables us to focus our efforts on economic construction and improving people’s livelihoods.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“A typical example was a combined military exercise named Ulji Freedom Guardian, staged at the end of last August and involving huge numbers of armed forces, which pushed the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of war. It is only the patience and military deterrent self- defence capacity of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that have prevented the continued military provocations of the United States from turning into all- out war on the Korean peninsula. However, this does not mean that the patience of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is inexhaustible. Our people value peace and stability in pursuing their overall goal of building a prosperous and powerful State. But the dignity of our nation and the sovereignty of our country are even more valuable.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“No precedent can be found in modern history for the situation whereby the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the United States have continued as warring parties after hostilities ended and for more than 60 years altogether. With a view to eliminating the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea by force, the United States has already finalized various war scenarios, and is waiting for a chance to implement them, as it has outlined in a contingency plan to impose military rule after a military invasion. In accordance with those plans for military operations, the United States has staged various joint military exercises under different names in and around the Korean peninsula for several decades.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“At the root of that hostile policy, which has lasted for more than half a century, towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea lies the intention of the United States to destroy the ideas and system our people have chosen and to occupy the entire Korean peninsula, in order to use it as a stepping stone in realizing its strategy of dominating all of Asia. Since the day the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was founded, the United States has designated it an enemy and refused to recognize its sovereignty. Since then, it has pursued every kind of sanction, pressure and military provocation against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for more than half a century. Its hostile policy is most deeply rooted in the military field.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Practical measures should be taken to solve such issues as establishing fair international economic and trade relations, fulfilling official development assistance commitments, transferring environmentally clean technologies to developing countries and strengthening financial support. Today, due to the ongoing hostile policy of the United States towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a vicious cycle of confrontation and aggravation of tension continues to afflict the Korean peninsula, which has become the world’s most dangerous hotspot, a place where a spark could set off a thermonuclear war.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Politicization, selectivity and double standards in deliberations on human rights should be put to an end. We should never allow the continuation of the practice whereby human rights situations of selected countries are either called into question or simply ignored in accordance with the political purposes and interests of the West and the Western standard values. In the field of sustainable development, which is now one of the three targets set by the United Nations, the agreement reached in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held last June in Rio de Janeiro, should be implemented.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Last April, the United States took issue with our legitimate and peaceful space launch, which followed universal international law, and forced the Council to adopt an unjust statement. That alone shows how the Council has been abused. Security Council reform, which is at the core of overall United Nations reform, is a matter that should no longer be delayed. It should be carried out in a manner that guarantees responsibility, transparency, impartiality and objectivity in its activities and ensures full representation of developing countries in its composition. Other United Nations bodies in which double standards and the theory of force are extremely evident are the Third Committee of the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“The Assembly resolution adopted long ago on dismantling the so-called United Nations Command stationed in South Korea and the resolution adopted annually on ending the United States blockade against Cuba remain unimplemented. These are typical examples that show the need to strengthen the authority of the General Assembly. It is quite natural for the General Assembly, which represents the general will of all Member States, to supervise the overall activities of the Organization. In particular, it should be given the authority to undertake final review of Security Council resolutions related to peace and security, such as sanctions and use of force. The abuse of the Security Council as a tool for pursuing strategic interests by a handful of countries should never be overlooked.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Unless the high-handedness and arbitrariness of certain countries are thoroughly eliminated, it will be hard to say that the United Nations is fulfilling its role and function as a centre for coordinating cooperative relations between States based on the principle of sovereign equality as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. The unjustifiable interference, pressure and use of force that violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria and the right to self-determination and existence of Palestine should be rejected. Democratizing the United Nations and, in particular, strengthening the authority of the General Assembly are urgent issues for enhancing the central role of the United Nations in international relations.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We are now witnessing the resurrection of the outdated international relations of the first half of the twentieth century, when a handful of great Powers dominated the world by resorting to the use of force. This resurrection tarnishes the credibility of the United Nations, whose mandate is to ensure global peace and security. The fact that the theme “Bringing about adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations by peaceful means” was chosen for the current session shows the seriousness of the current international situation. The most serious issue in the international arena at present is a f lagrant violation of the principles of respect for sovereignty and equality.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“The founding of the United Nations in the last century gave hope to mankind following a tragic world war — hope of achieving common prosperity by ensuring peace and security and developing cooperation among States based on the principle of sovereign equality. Yet today, after the first decade of the new century, that desire of the mankind has yet to be achieved. At present in international relations, high-handedness and arbitrariness are becoming ever more undisguised, and the use of force and acts of State terrorism aimed at infringing on sovereignty, interference in internal affairs and effecting regime change are being perpetrated under such pretexts as non-proliferation and humanitarian intervention.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Our dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un is firmly determined to make our people, who have overcome manifold hardships, enjoy a happy life to their heart’s content in a prosperous socialist State. Dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un is implementing independent foreign policy and opening up a new chapter in the development of relations with other countries that are friendly to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, not bound by the past. Our people are following dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un with absolute trust in him and are vigorously advancing to the final victory with full conviction in and optimism about the future, single-heartedly united behind him.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“General Kim Jong Il devoted tireless efforts until the last moment of his life to firmly safeguarding the dignity and sovereignty of our country and the prosperity and happiness of its people, as well as to accomplishing the cause of global independence and world peace and stability. Today, having hailed dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un as the Supreme Leader of the Party, State and Army, our people are striving to build a prosperous and powerful socialist State. Dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un safeguards the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula by carrying forward the Songun policy of General Kim Jong Il in good faith. He wisely leads the general advance march for developing our economy, improving people’s livelihood, and devising a development strategy of our own style and innovative methods with his insight into the world.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I expect your proficient stewardship will guide the Assembly to success. At the outset, I would like to express our profound gratitude to the heads of State and Government and peoples of the States Members of the United Nations, the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session, representatives of United Nations bodies and of many countries for deep condolences they extended to us at the demise in December last year of the great leader of our people, Kim Jong Il.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will, in the future, further strengthen and develop friendly and cooperative relations with all United Nations Member States, in accordance with its foreign policy principles of independence, peace and friendship, and will do its level best to defend peace and security in the Korean peninsula and in the rest of the world and to promote joint development and the common prosperity of all humankind.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“It is also a reasonable proposal for reunification that accords with the interests of the region and the neighbouring countries, as it presupposes the neutrality of the reunified State. If the present South Korean authorities truly want to see the relaxation of tensions in the Korean peninsula and an improvement in inter-Korean relations, they should abandon their confrontational attitude against peace and reunification and switch over to a policy of respecting and fully implementing the 15 June Joint Declaration and 4 October Declaration, agreed at the summit level between the North and the South.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“But the present South Korean authorities reneged on the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration on the agreed reunification method and came up with what they called the theory of unification through absorption, which presupposes the collapse of the other party, and thus put inter-Korean relations into a phase of touch-and-go confrontation and increased the danger of war with each passing day. In view of the prevailing reality of the Korean peninsula, the so called unification through absorption is a road to war, whereas the federal formula is a road to peace. The federal formula is a realistic proposal for reunification premised on coexistence and the best possible method of reunification able to prevent war.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“The North and the South of Korea, through the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration of 2000, recognized that there is common ground in the federal formula proposed by the North and the confederal one proposed by the South for reunification, and agreed to orient the reunification along this direction in the future. That agreement between the North and the South enjoyed warm support and was welcomed by our fellow countrymen and the international community, including the United Nations.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“However, it is extremely unfortunate that North-South relations have now been aggravated to their worst state ever, with a widespread atmosphere of warmongering and confrontation with fellow countrymen, after the current South Korean authorities took office. There is a serious problem behind all that, the issue of fundamental contradictions and antagonism in the approach towards the reunification of the Korean peninsula. Different ideas and systems exist now in the North and the South of Korea. Given that reality, the choice of method of reunification is itself a vital issue that will lead either to national reunification or to national disaster.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“Under the present circumstances, in which the Korean peninsula stands at the crossroad of either a relaxation of tension or a continuation of the vicious cycle of aggravation of tension, the United States should boldly abandon its hostile policy against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and move towards full-fledged dialogue, proceeding from its long-term strategic vision. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will make strenuous efforts in the future as well to establish a durable and lasting peace mechanism on the Korean peninsula and will continue to cooperate with all parties concerned for unconditional resumption of the Six-Party Talks. 13 11-51681 Inter-Korean relations have been developing favourably on the Korean peninsula since the publication of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“The issue of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula originated, for all intents and purposes, from the hostile policy and nuclear war threats of the United States against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Such being the case, the United States is the main party that is responsible for and capable of removing the root cause of the problem. The nuclear issue would never have been raised at all, if the United States had refrained from deploying nuclear weapons in the Korean peninsula and threatening the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with nuclear arms.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“The signing of a peace agreement as part of implementing resolution 3390 (XXX), adopted at the thirtieth session of the General Assembly in 1975, would be the most effective confidence-building measure towards alleviating the mistrust between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the United States, and would further serve as a driving force for ensuring the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. Denuclearization of the whole Korean peninsula was the last instruction given by the great leader of the Korean people, President Kim Il Sung. The denuclearization of the Korean peninsula specified in the Joint Statement of 19 September 2005 is a process of turning the whole Korean peninsula into a nuclear- free zone based on complete removal in a verifiable manner of the actual nuclear threat to the Korean peninsula from the outside.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“The continued existence of the tense situation on the Korean peninsula is attributable to the hostile relations between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the United States, which give rise to mistrust and confrontation. As long as hostility exists between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the United States, with the parties to the Military Armistice Agreement levelling guns at each other, mistrust and confrontation will not dissipate and the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula will not be possible. It was with that in mind that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea proposed again last year to hold talks for replacing the Armistice Agreement with a peace agreement.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“Had it not been for the Songun ideology implemented by the great leader of our people, General Kim Jong Il, and had it not been for our powerful war deterrent, the Korean peninsula would have been turned into a theatre of war scores of times and our peaceful economic development would have been unimaginable. The Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea remains consistent in its stand to secure peace and stability and move towards the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula through dialogue and negotiation. The present circumstances of the Korean peninsula require all parties concerned to seize the opportunity for dialogue and take courageous decisions to act boldly on solving the fundamental issues.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“The national division imposed by outside forces and the fragile armistice that leaves us in a state of neither war nor peace have now been in place for more than half a century. That is the stark reality of the Korean peninsula. Despite the unanimous aspirations and desires of all the people at home and abroad who want peace and stability, the arms build-up and nuclear war exercises continue to be staged one after another against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in and around the Korean peninsula. Because of that, there is a constant recurrence of a dangerous situation on the Korean peninsula, which is often driven to a brink of war. The prevailing situation not only poses a grave threat to the sovereignty and security of our Republic but also obstructs the efforts of our people to achieve peaceful development.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“The Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is concentrating all its resources on economic development, with a main emphasis on significantly improving the people’s livelihood. We are achieving unprecedented and remarkable success. Our economic development in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will make a meaningful contribution to the efforts of the international community to foster regional development and to attain the Millennium Development Goals. 11-51681 12 In that context, a stable and peaceful environment is a vital prerequisite for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and its people today in their struggle for economic development. To our regret, however, the Korean peninsula does not yet have with a lasting and stable peace mechanism.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“It is the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to live free of the Israeli occupation and to create an independent State of their own. It is also an obligation of the international community to admit Palestine as a full-fledged United Nations Member State. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea recognized Palestine as a State in 1988 and we support its admission to the United Nations. We believe that the aspirations of the Palestine people will be translated into a reality. Today in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a general campaign is on in full swing to build a powerful State, under the wise leadership of the great General Kim Jong Il.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“Meanwhile, some progress has been made in the field of sustainable development, one of the three goals set by the United Nations for the last two decades following the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. However, we are still faced with tremendous challenges. We consider that the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in 2012 should take practical steps towards the creation of a peaceful environment for development, the establishment of fair international economic and trade relations, the removal of sanctions, the implementation of official development assistance commitments, the transfer of environmentally friendly technology and increased financial assistance to developing countries.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“Though it is said that reform is intended to put an end to politicization, selectivity and double standards in dealing with human rights issues, there still remains the prevailing reality whereby specific countries are selected for discussion of their human rights situations, while other major human rights violators are simply passed over in silence, all in accordance with the political objectives and interests of the West and the criteria of Western values. It is our view that the reform process of the human rights bodies should be intensified, so as to enhance the system that seeks to ensure genuine freedoms and rights for the people of all countries, and respect for their diverse histories, cultures, ideas and systems.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“To enhance the authority of the General Assembly it is urgently necessary to put in place a mechanism whereby Security Council resolutions related to peace and security, such as those on sanctions and the use of force, are subject to the approval of the General Assembly before they take effect. Two other areas where the prevailing logic of power in international relations can clearly be seen are the Third Committee of the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“Given that current reality Member States should reaffirm the principle of defending peace and sovereign equality as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, and speed up the process of reform of the United Nations, including enhancing the power of the General Assembly. A long time ago, the General Assembly adopted resolutions on dismantling the United Nations Command in Korea and putting an end to the United States blockade against Cuba, which have not been implemented so far. This is just a random example that highlights the urgent need to enhance the authority of the General Assembly.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“However, given the present status of international relations, the logic of power and highhanded politics has become all the more obvious, thus negating the principle of sovereign equality, despite the efforts and desires of the United Nations Member States. A few countries are involved in interference in internal affairs and the use of force against sovereign States in an attempt to dominate regions where they feel they have strategic interests under the pretext of protecting civilians and defending peace. Regrettably, the United Nations has been misused in this process. International law and order have been violated and undermined by the arbitrary and high- handed acts of some major Powers.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“First of all, I would like to congratulate Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. I am confident that his able leadership will lead this session to a successful result. My congratulations also go to the Republic of South Sudan on its admission to the United Nations. This year marks the twentieth year of membership of the Democratic People’s Republic of 11 11-51681 Korea in the United Nations. Our country joined the United Nations as a result of its desire to defend world peace and achieve mankind’s common prosperity, working together with all United Nations Members. Since that time, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has remained faithful to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, as it had pledged.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“South Korea is advised not to create tension on the Korean peninsula by waging war exercises with outside forces and pursuing a confrontational approach in defiance of the concerns of the international community. It should immediately embark on North-South dialogue so as to find solutions to all outstanding issues, as recommended by the presidential statement of the Security Council.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“The results of the unilateral investigation of South Korea, have raised one doubt after another since its release, following scientific military analysis and growing manifold criticism inside and outside South Korea. The South Korean authorities have persistently refused to accept our proposal to send a field inspection group for scientific and objective verification of the truth of the incident. The Security Council, in its presidential statement dated 9 July 2010, took note of responses from other relevant parties, including the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which has stated that it had nothing to do with the incident and encouraged the settlement of all outstanding issues by peaceful means to resume direct dialogue and negotiations.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“In accordance with that ideal, the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will further strengthen and develop friendly and cooperative relations with all Member States and fully discharge its responsibilities for ensuring peace and security in the Korean peninsula and the rest of the world. In conclusion, my delegation totally rejects the provocative statement delivered by the South Korean delegation on 25 September (see ), which referred to the Cheonan incident again and distorted the presidential statement of the Security Council of 9 July 2010 (S/PRST/2010/13 and S/PV.6355). The truth of the Cheonan incident is still under cover.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“They are stepping up an atmosphere of war against their fellow countrymen in collusion with foreign forces with a view to rationalizing their confrontational policy against the North. The anti-reunification forces have no place on the Korean peninsula and, as such, the anti-peace forces should not be offered a place in the international community. In the future, the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will thoroughly implement the joint declaration of 15 June and the declaration of 4 October, and thus achieve the reconciliation and unity of the nation, which will surely open a new era of independent reunification, peace and prosperity. The ideal of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s foreign policy is independence, peace and friendship. It accords with the ideas of the United Nations.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“The historic inter-Korean summit between the North and the South in 2000 and its resultant adoption of the joint declaration of 15 June, followed by another inter- Korean summit in 2007 and the publication of the declaration of 4 October, constitute a good programme for reunification, unprecedented in our national history. Those historic declarations were welcomed and warmly supported by the United Nations General Assembly. Unfortunately, the present South Korean authorities reject this grand reunification programme and are driving inter-Korean relations towards a rupture by bringing forward the so-called “three-phase unification proposal”, which is anti-reunification and confrontational.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“As already clarified, our nuclear weapons do not serve as a means to attack or threaten others, but as a self-defensive deterrent, for all intents and purposes, to counter aggression and attacks from outside. As a responsible nuclear-weapon State, we are willing to join in the international efforts for nuclear non-proliferation and the safe management of nuclear material on an equal footing with other nuclear-weapon States. It is the long-cherished desire of the entire Korean nation to put an end to the history of disgraceful division forced upon it by foreign forces and to live peacefully on a reunified land. In the new century, important progress towards reconciliation, common prosperity and reunification has been achieved in inter-Korean relations.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“There is no change in the position of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in its opposition to nuclear war, the nuclear arms race and nuclear proliferation. The denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is the policy goal maintained consistently by the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for peace and security in North-East Asia and the denuclearization of the world. The denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, referred to in the Joint Statement of the Six-Party Talks issued on 19 September 2005, means the process of turning the whole Korean peninsula into a nuclear-weapon-free zone by completely eliminating the real external nuclear threats on the Korean peninsula in a verifiable manner.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“This year, which falls on the sixtieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea again proposed respectfully to the parties to the Armistice Agreement to begin talks as early as possible with a view to replacing the Armistice Agreement with a peace agreement. If that proposal is realized, the General Assembly will see the implementation of its historic resolution adopted 35 years ago. The conclusion of a peace agreement will represent the most effective confidence-building measure for removing distrust among the parties to the Armistice and serve as a powerful driving force 29 10-55396 guaranteeing the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea regards it as its noble duty as a Member State to safeguard peace and security and promote socio-economic development and common prosperity in and around the Korean peninsula. Had it not been for the powerful war deterrent built by the Songun politics of the great leader of our people, General Kim Jong Il, the Korean peninsula would have already been turned into a battlefield scores of times, thus destroying regional peace and stability. A peaceful environment is most urgently needed for the Government and people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as they are now concentrating all efforts on economic development in order to open the gate for a powerful and prosperous State in 2012, which marks the centennial anniversary of the birth of the great leader, President Kim Il Sung.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“The most recent example is the farcical huge sabre-rattling arms build-up and threat of use of force waged on a massive scale by the United States and South Korean authorities on the Korean peninsula and its surroundings by taking advantage of the Cheonan incident. The touch-and-go situation created some time ago in North-East Asia, including the Korean peninsula, proved once again without a doubt that the United States is not a defender, but a disruptor of peace. As long as the United States nuclear aircraft carriers sail around the seas of our country, our nuclear deterrent can never be abandoned, but should rather be strengthened further. That is the lesson we have drawn.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“This led to the adoption of resolution 3390 (XXX) in 1975, calling for the dissolution of the United Nations Command in South Korea, the withdrawal of all foreign forces there and the replacement of the Armistice Agreement with a peace agreement, as a measure to reduce tension and maintain lasting peace on the Korean peninsula. Another 35 years have elapsed since then. The Korean peninsula is nevertheless still in a state of armistice, which means that there is neither war nor peace. While the aforesaid resolution is yet to be implemented, the sovereignty and the efforts of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea towards peaceful development are constantly threatened and undermined, as explosive situations leading to the brink of war are created periodically on the Korean peninsula.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“The General Assembly, which is the most democratic organ in the United Nations, has less power than the undemocratic Security Council. That abnormal situation should no longer be allowed to continue. In addressing key issues such as peace and development, the broad and active participation of the developing countries and their interests should be duly promoted. The Korean peninsula, like the Middle East, has long been a chronic hot spot seriously affecting world peace and security. The United Nations has included the Korean issue as a major item on its agenda for over 30 years.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“That reality requires a strengthening of the role of the United Nations, in conformity with the changed times and situation, which, in our view, is possible only after a more dynamic and appropriate reform of the United Nations. The composition and the rules of procedure of the Security Council should be restructured and revised in such a way that the representation and will of the entire United Nations membership are correctly reflected, in particular, by the full representation of the non-aligned countries and other developing countries. The representation of a new group of United Nations Member States that achieved independence after the founding of the United Nations should also be ensured. The authority of the General Assembly should be enhanced decisively.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)