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Ja Song-Nam

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2017-12-15
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2018-01-25
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  1. “In conclusion, my delegation clarifies once again the principled position of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea that all disputes, including the Syrian issue, should be resolved peacefully through dialogue and negotiations between the parties, without any foreign intervention, in conformity with the fundamental principles of the Charter of the United Nations of respect for sovereignty and non-interference.”

    2018-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8167 (2018) · source

  2. “The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has recognized Palestine as an official State since 1988, and has ever since extended unwavering support for and solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinian people to establish an independent State. My delegation avails itself of this opportunity to reiterate its firm support and encouragement for the struggle of the Palestinian people to exercise its legitimate right to establish an independent State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and the struggle of the Arab people in its quest for justice. My delegation emphasizes that we must put an end to the Israeli military occupation and discrimination against human rights in Palestine at the earliest date and allow the Palestinian people to exercise its full right to national self-determination.”

    2018-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8167 (2018) · source

  3. “The status of Al-Quds should be fairly addressed by means of restoring the national right of the Palestinian people and reaching a comprehensive and lasting solution to the Middle East question. The United States and Israel should pay due attention to the efforts of the international community to resolve the issue of the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, in conformity with international law and other relevant Security Council resolutions for the benefit of the Palestinian and Arab people. They must also honestly and diligently address the peace process in the Middle East. The establishment of an independent State of Palestine is the inalienable and sovereign right of the Palestinian people.”

    2018-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8167 (2018) · source

  4. “During the resumed tenth emergency special session in December, the General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted resolution ES-10/ 19, on the status of Jerusalem, which opposed the decision of the United States President to recognize Al-Quds as the capital of Israel and move the United States Embassy there. It was another opportunity to showcase the unified will of the international community. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea delegation believes that the decision of United States President Trump deserves our global condemnation and public rejection, as it constitutes an open defiance of and insult to the legitimacy and unanimous will of the international community.”

    2018-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8167 (2018) · source

  5. “The Middle East question, which resulted from the Israeli occupation of Arab territories in 1948, remains stalemated, despite the various United Nations resolutions that have been adopted and numerous proposals, including the Arab Peace Initiative, that have been brought to the negotiating table. That is entirely due to Israel's anti-peace stance and occupation policy, as well as the United States policy of double standards in the Middle East in an effort to always protect Israel. The international community has consistently demanded the establishment of an independent State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”

    2018-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8167 (2018) · source

  6. “Allow me first to express my gratitude to you, Mr. President, for having convened today's open debate of the Security Council in a timely manner on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. My delegation fully believes that under your able leadership, the current debate will give significant momentum to the search for a solution for the Middle East. Furthermore, my delegation highly appreciates and fully supports the statement delivered by Ambassador Samuel Moncada, Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. The resolution of the question of Palestine is one of the highest priorities for securing peace and security in the Middle East.”

    2018-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8167 (2018) · source

  7. “In conclusion, I hereby reaffirm once again that the Democratic People's Republic ofKorea, as a responsible nuclear Power and a peace-loving State, will sincerely fulfil its non-proliferation obligations assumed before the international community and make every effort to achieve the noble cause of safeguarding world peace and security.”

    2017-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8137 (2017) · source

  8. “The possession of nuclear weapons by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea cannot not constitute a violation of international law or regulations in any case, as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea withdrew from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in a most justified way. At the same time, it is clear to everybody that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is not infringing upon any of the interests of other countries and that the purpose of possessing nuclear deterrents is only for self-defence and to safeguard peace in the region. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, no matter what anyone says, will march forward and Victoriously make great advancements as the world's most powerful nuclear and military State, upholding the line on simultaneous development of the two fronts.”

    2017-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8137 (2017) · source

  9. “The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in accordance with the decree of the Supreme People's Assembly adopted on 1 April 2013, has established an absolutely perfect system and order of stockpiling and maintaining its technology and weapon-grade nuclear materials in order to fully guarantee that no kind of illegal transfer of nuclear weapons will take place. As a result, not a single case has been raised about our nuclear proliferation to date. All the data on impunity that has been scattered around by hostile forces in relation to my country's proliferation is atotally groundless plot intending to defame the dignity of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the powerful nuclear State. Taking up the issue of our strengthening of national defensive measures is nothing but violent behaviour of inteference.”

    2017-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8137 (2017) · source

  10. “As we have clarified on behalf of our Government, the development and advancement of the strategic weapons of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are entirely intended to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country from the United States policy of nuclear blackmail and nuclear threat, and ensure a peaceful life for our people. We therefore do not pose any threat to any country or region, as long as the interests of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are not infringed upon. I reiterate once again that our nuclear force is devoted solely to its mission as a self-defensive deterrent, and it is fully in line with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, which stipulates the right of the exercise of self-defensive measures to be taken by an individual United Nations State Member.”

    2017-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8137 (2017) · source

  11. “Every time that United States-South Korea joint military exercises - which seriously threaten the peace and security of the Korean peninsula, the region and the world - have been conducted, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has submitted letters to the Security Council, 11 times since 2014, requesting that the issue be raised and discussed urgently in the Council. However, while turning its back on every one of our requests to address those aggressive joint military exercises, the Security Council has, on the contrary, adopted 11 sanctions resolutions directed against my country and has condemned our self-defensive measures as a threat to international peace and security. Merely by citing the facts just mentioned, we can easily demonstrate the unfairness, double standards and petty prejudice of the Security Council.”

    2017-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8137 (2017) · source

  12. “All of the statistics that I have just mentioned clearly demonstrate that the United States is the ring leader of nuclear proliferation. It is also disturbing to witness the Security Council acting as a tool ofthe United States and doing its bidding instead of maintaining impartiality, which is vital to its activities, and instead of keeping true to its mission to maintain international peace and security. While the Security Council has ignored our repeated requests to raise the issue of the provocative and aggressive joint military exercises - the most obvious manifestation of the United States nuclear threats and blackmail - in this forum, it busies itself with kowtowing to the United States, which advocates for sanctions and pressure against us by condemning our self-defensive measures.”

    2017-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8137 (2017) · source

  13. “There are several nuclear-weapon States throughout the world today, but there is no other country like the United States, which continues to threaten and blackmail other countries openly with its nuclear weapons. That conclusion is quite evident if we merely consider the amount of money that the United States spends for the maintenance and modernization of its nuclear weapons. It is well known that the United States has stockpiled more than 4,000 nuclear warheads in its nuclear arsenals and has deployed more than 150 tactical nuclear bombs throughout the territory of its NATO allies and is now planning to earmark approximately $1 trillion for the maintenance and modernization of its nuclear weapons over the next 30 years.”

    2017-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8137 (2017) · source

  14. “I believe that, if the issue of non-proliferation is to be discussed, the first country to be brought to account should be the United States, which is the kingpin of vertical and horizontal proliferation, as it pours astronomical amounts of funding into modernizing nuclear weapons and hinders in every way the denuclearization of the Middle East, as well as Japan, which maintains a greater-than-necessary stockpile of plutonium and is seeking every opportunity to produce nuclear weapons. Our possession of nuclear weapons was inevitable as a self-defensive measure intended to defend our sovereignty and our right to exist and develop from the United States nuclear threat and blackmail. If anyone is to blame it is the United States, and it must be held accountable.”

    2017-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8137 (2017) · source

  15. “At the outset, I condemn Japan, in the strongest possible terms, which has assumed the presidency of the Security Council for December and is, at the instigation ofthe United States, evilly taking advantage of this opportunity to convene a ministerial Security Council briefing on the issue of non-proliferation concerning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. I feel compelled to say that today's meeting is nothing other than a desperate move on the part of the United States, which is terrified of the incredible might of our Republic, now that we have successfully achieved the great historic goal of completing our State nuclear force and building a missile arsenal, as demonstrated by the great event of November.”

    2017-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8137 (2017) · source