UN Security Council Emergency Meeting on North Korea’s Satellite Launch: Discussion and Responses

2023-11-26 18:25:21

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on the 27th local time to discuss responses to North Korea’s launch of a military reconnaissance satellite.

According to the UN Headquarters on the 26th, the Security Council decided to hold an official meeting at 10 am on the 27th at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA to discuss the non-proliferation agenda related to North Korea.

This meeting was convened on the 21st at the request of eight members, including the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom, to discuss the response at the Security Council level in relation to North Korea’s launch of a military reconnaissance satellite.

Korea will also participate in this meeting as an interested party.

Previously, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned North Korea’s launch of a military reconnaissance satellite on the 21st, saying it was a violation of Security Council resolutions.

However, it is not expected to be easy to achieve tangible results, such as issuing a statement condemning North Korea or adopting a resolution at the Security Council level, at today’s meeting.

As permanent members China and Russia defend North Korea’s position in a confrontational stance with the West, including the United States, the Security Council has been unable to come up with a concrete response, such as a sanctions resolution or adoption of a statement, to North Korea’s ballistic missile and satellite launches since 2018.

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