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  1. “While renewing its commitment to do whatever is in their capacity for a peaceful and satisfactory solution of this matter, the Government and the people of the Republic of Korea will be awaiting with earnest anticipation this Council's acts of leadership, which will turn the current crisis into an opportunity for the future.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  2. “We are of the view that the draft resolution now before the Council is appropriate and well-balanced and that its adoption will reaffirm the united stance of the international community on this issue. I hope that the draft resolution the Council will act on today will be the last measure that the international community needs to take to resolve any suspicion about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear development. If the Democratic People's Republic of Korea comes forward sincerely to resolve the issue on a fundamental basis, it will certainly have the corresponding positive responses from the international community. For its part, the Republic of Korea is prepared to engage in talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on the nuclear issue, if that would contribute to finding a solution.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  3. “I appeal once again to the reason and conscience of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to retract the announcement of its intention to withdraw from the non-proliferation Treaty; to remedy its non-compliance with the IAEA safeguards agreement by receiving special inspections as called for in the IAEA resolution of 25 February 1993; and to agree to mutual inspections in accordance with the Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The Republic of Korea believes that the time has come for the international community to act on the troubled situation surrounding the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear development.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  4. “Accordingly, I believe that the primary obligation to stop nuclear-weapons development by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea rests with the international community as a whole and particularly on the Security Council, which is entrusted with the maintenance of international peace and security under the Charter. As the country which would be most threatened by a nuclear-armed Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea will join the efforts of the international community and do its best to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  5. “We believe that a nuclear-free Korean peninsula will rest on the twin pillars of IAEA inspections and mutual inspections between the south and the north. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's actions, however, threaten to reduce this Declaration to empty promises. At the conclusion of the summit meeting on 31 January 1992, the Security Council declared that: "The members of the Council will take appropriate measures in the case of any violations notified to them by the IAEA". (S/PV.3046, p..145 (a-z)) This declaration reflects the unequivocal stance of the international community against the threat of nuclear proliferation.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  6. “If there is no shift in the attitudes of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, we may be compelled to review our policies towards the north in their entirety. We believe that denuclearization is the most important and fundamental prerequisite for a stable and peaceful Korean peninsula. In this conviction, the President of the Republic of Korea made in October 1991 a Special Announcement of a Nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. This served as the basis for the Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, which took effect in February 1992. In the latter Declaration, the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea agreed not to possess nuclear reprocessing or uranium enrichment facilities and to conduct mutual inspections to verify the implementation of the agreement.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  7. “Secondly, the steps the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has taken have serious implications for the security and stability of North-East Asia. If the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear suspicions are not. removed, it could result in a costly and dangerous arms race in North-East Asia and beyond. Thirdly, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's measure deals a serious blow to our past achievements in easing tension on the Korean peninsula. The inter-Korean dialogue will become very difficult if not impossible, given the intimidating environment that would prevail should north Korea come to possess nuclear weapons of any sort. We simply cannot accept possession of nuclear weapons by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  8. “But nowhere else in the world is an effective NPT regime needed more urgently than on the Korean peninsula where military tensions still run high even four decades after the war ended, If the NPT fails on the Korean peninsula on its first test, it does not have 'much hope elsewhere. Specifically, we are concerned that the IAEA is not able to verify the correctness and completeness of the inventory. Any failure by the IAEA to fulfil its legal responsibility of undertaking a special inspection under Articles 73 (b) and 77 of the safeguards agreement will harm the IAEA's credibility and thus undermine the very raison d'&etre of the safeguards system. In this regard, I cannot fail to recall that the IAEA reaffirmed its right to undertake special inspections during its Board of Governors meeting in February 1993.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  9. “Nuclear non~proliferation and the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons are foremost among the concerns of the post-cold-war world, The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's announcement of its intention to withdraw from the NPT runs directly counter to the international efforts for nuclear non-proliferation. True, every party has the right to withdraw from the Treaty. However, the Treaty also stipulates that this right be exercised only when extraordinary events jeopardize supreme national interest. If States parties to the NPT could withdraw from the Treaty whenever they found it politically expedient, we could not expect the non-proliferation Treaty regime to function effectively. The NPT system has global imperatives.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  10. “The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's announcement of its intention to withdraw from the NPT and its refusal to allow inspections of two suspected nuclear sites, in addition to the many other facts that have become known by now, only serve to deepen our suspicion that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is indeed engaged in a nuclear weapons programme. Allow me to take a look at this issue from a broader political perspective. By refusing IAEA inspections of suspected nuclear sites and by deciding to pull out of the NPT, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea poses a serious threat to international peace and security, in both the global and regional contexts. First, there is the threat to the NPT regime and the IAEA safeguards systems in particular.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  11. “Secondly, with regard to the claim that the "Team Spirit" Exercise is a nuclear war rehearsal, we reiterate that the exercise is purely defensive in nature and involves conventional weapons only. This has been confirmed by observers from more than a dozen countries, including member States of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in Korea. Thirdly, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has charged that some officials of the IAEA secretariat are partial and are influenced by an unfriendly party. This allegation is compeletely unfounded. We would like to point out that the JAEA Board of Governors reaffirmed its full confidence in the secretariat in the resolution of 18 March. The reasons offered by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are without foundation.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  12. “First, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea asserts that the inspection of the two facilities, which it claims are military sites, would constitute a violation of sovereignty. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's characterization of the two sites as military sites in no way immunizes them from inspection. It is the right of the IAEA under the Agreement with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to inspect locations which it has bona fide reasons to believe are nuclear-related, regardless of whether they are military or not. Furthermore, the Director General of the IAEA has repeatedly expressed willingness to discuss arrangements to minimize the security concerns of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  13. “What concerned us most was that this announcement came at a time when the IAEA was seeking specific clarifications regarding the correctness and completeness of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's initial report on nuclear materials. Having exhausted all means available under its Statute to resolve the issue, the IAEA consequently referred the matter to the Council by reporting the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's non-compliance with its safeguards agreement. The Agency also brought attention to its inability to verify that there has been no diversion of nuclear material to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. Let me make some brief observations on the reasons offered by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for rejecting the IAEA's special inspection and for its decision to withdraw from the NPT.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  14. “Contrary to our hopes, however, six rounds of ad hoc inspections conducted by the IAEA have only revealed discrepancies between the IAEA's findings and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's declarations, In his report to the Board meeting of February 1993, the Director General of the IAEA outlined five main areas of inconsistencies. The most serious of them involves the number of possible clandestine reprocessing operations and the quantity of plutonium undeclared and unsafeguarded, which in our view is central to the issue. Instead of responding positively to the request for special inspections by the IAEA on 25 February 1993, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea surprised the world by announcing on 12 March its intention to withdraw from the NPT.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  15. “When the Democratic People's Republic of Korea joined the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1985, we sincerely welcomed the step and looked forward to the early signing of a safeguards agreement between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the IAEA. But it took as long as seven years for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to respond to the calls of the international community. Nevertheless, we all welcomed the long-delayed step and hoped that the implementation of the safeguards agreement would bring transparency and openness to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear programme.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  16. “They understandably raised expectations that we are entering a new era of world history. However, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's rejection of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) special inspections, coupled with the announcement of its intention to withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), have put to the test the will of the international community to create a safer world. Today, as a State Member of the United Nations with a direct stake in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear issue, the Republic of Korea would like to express its grave concern over the state of affairs and call on the international community to take determined action.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  17. “Having listened to the statement by the representative of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea a moment ago, I cannot suppress a deep sense of regret and sadness over the fact that the representatives of the two halves of Korea have to be present here before this international forum at the discussion of a matter concerning the security of our Korean people, and express such divergent views on how a question of developing weapons of mass destruction would affect the future of the same people. However, it is my Sincere hope that today's meeting of the Council will prove to be a major departure away from this sad situation towards one where reason and common 'sense prevail. During the past few years, despite some regional and ethnic discords, we have witnessed positive changes sweeping across the world.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

  18. “I should like to thank the members of the Security Council for allowing me the opportunity to address this meeting. Let me first congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. In light of your extensive diplomatic experience and outstanding ability, I believe the Council will benefit greatly from your able guidance. Allow me also to express our appreciation of the superb performance of your predecessor, Ambassador Marker of Pakistan, during his term as President of the Council for the month of April.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source