Called for the first time this year in response to North Korean missile provocations
U.S. Ambassador proposes “Chairman’s Statement” again
On the 20th (local time) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the U.S., the United Nations Security Council (Security Council), which was convened for the first time this year to discuss North Korea’s provocation of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), ended without results after clashes between Korea, the U.S., and China and Russia.
According to CNN, the West, including South Korea and the United States, demanded an official response from the Security Council to North Korea’s ballistic missile provocation. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield once again proposed a presidential statement, saying, “All members of the Security Council must respond strongly to North Korea’s actions.”
Even at the end of last year, the United States proposed a draft statement condemning North Korea’s ICBM launch, but it failed to achieve its will due to opposition from China and Russia. Again, only an outside statement was made by Ambassador Thomas Greenfield, who represented 11 countries, including Korea, the U.S. and Japan.
Ambassador Thomas Greenfield said, “The two permanent members (China and Russia) are making us silent. The two member states with the right to veto block all our countermeasures,” he said. Even now, the Security Council should cooperate toward a peaceful resolution of the Korean Peninsula issue,” he stressed.
South Korean Ambassador to the UN Hwang Joon-guk, who attended the meeting as an interested party, said, “There is no member state that openly mocks and threatens the functions of the Security Council and the principles of the UN Charter as North Korea does.” They exploded into the air and wasted even a small amount of financial resources.”
Ambassador Hwang also said, “China and Russia’s veto is self-contradictory.” It is pointed out that the two countries, which supported the Security Council resolutions against North Korea more than 10 times between 2006 and 2017, are changing their attitudes 180 degrees as the conflict with the United States intensifies.
On the other hand, both China and Russia defended Pyongyang, saying that the root cause of North Korea’s provocations lies in the ROK-U.S. joint military exercises. Diving, China’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, said, “The United States and its allies have been increasing joint military activities targeting North Korea around the Korean Peninsula since the beginning of this year.” do,” he said.
Dmitry Polyansky, Russia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, also defended, saying, “Pyongyang also responded by launching missiles as the US stepped up pressure and deployed strategic assets.”
Correspondent Liu Ji-young in Beijing