US Has Called For UN Meeting After North Korea’s Latest Missile Launch
The United Nations Security Council was asked to meet by the United States on Thursday on North Korea’s recent test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile, which is capable of reaching Guam.
Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the UN condemned the launch by saying it broke the announced moratorium on such launches.
The chief of the UN urged North Korea to desist from taking any further counter-productive process and expressed great concern as North Korea disregarded any consideration for international flight and maritime safety.
Late Tuesday, the state department confirmed that the United States Mission to the United Nations requested closed council consultations be held on Thursday.
White House officials said after the launch that the latest missile test was part of an escalating pattern of provocations by North Korea in recent months that have grown increasingly alarming and are aimed at gaining relaxation from sanctions.
North Korea’s Hwasong-12 missile, which was launched on Sunday, was the most powerful missile it had tested since 2017. That’s when North Korea began a barrage of missile launches, including the Hwasong-12 and longer-range missiles, to gain the capability to deliver nuclear strikes on US military outposts in Northeast Asia and the Pacific, as well as the US mainland.
North Korea has launched several missile systems in recent months, threatening to end a four-year ban on more severe weapons tests such as nuclear explosions and ICBM launches. Other weapons tested recently include a prototype hypersonic missile and a submarine-launched missile, and Sunday’s launch was North Korea’s eighth round of missile launches in January alone.
After North Korea’s first nuclear test explosion in 2006, the Security Council adopted sanctions, which were later toughened in response to several nuclear tests and the country’s more sophisticated nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
In November, China and Russia circulated a draught resolution highlighting the North’s economic woes. They demanded the easing of sanctions that include a ban on seafood and textile exports, a limit on refined petroleum imports, and a ban on its citizens working abroad and sending their profits home.
Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, whose country assumed the Security Council president for February on Wednesday, told reporters earlier Tuesday that the document is still on the table, even though some members believe it is outdated.
The Biden administration called on North Korea to return to long-stalled talks on its nuclear and missile programs after the latest launch.
The US representative of North Korea, Sung Kim discussed Pyongyang’s latest missile launch with the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s director-general.
Kim condemned the latest missile launch from North Korea as a violation of Security Council resolutions and destabilizing to the region.
The United States is ready for serious and sustained diplomacy with North Korea for denuclearization.
The last meeting of the Security Council on North Korea was a closed-door discussion held on January 10.
Although there were no actions from the members of the council, the United States along with five allies urged North Korea to prohibit nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
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