On the 20th (local time) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA, after a UN Security Council meeting to discuss North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), 11 countries, including the United States, South Korea, and Japan, issued an off-the-counter joint statement condemning North Korea’s provocations. there is. From the second from left, South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Hwang Joon-guk, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kimihiro Ishikane. Getty Images/AFP Yonhap News
The United Nations Security Council meeting convened on the 20th (local time) to discuss North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch ended without any results. It is evaluated that the reality of the Security Council, which has fallen helpless due to the intensifying conflict between the United States and China and Russia, has become clear again.
On that day, the UN Security Council held an open meeting to discuss North Korea’s ICBM launch for the first time this year. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield strongly condemned North Korea’s launch of three ballistic missiles, including an ICBM, on the 18th and 19th, and suggested adopting a presidential statement for an official response at the Security Council level.
Targeting China and Russia in particular, Ambassador Thomas Greenfield said, “The two permanent members have silenced us,” and “the two members with veto powers have blocked all our response efforts.” It refers to the failure of the U.S.-led resolution to impose additional sanctions on North Korea immediately after North Korea’s ICBM launch in March last year and the chairperson’s statement condemning North Korea’s ICBM launch in November last year, which were canceled due to opposition from China and Russia.
In response, China and Russia claimed that the ROK-US joint military exercises were the cause of the incident, pointing the blame at the US and its allies such as South Korea and Japan. “Since the beginning of this year, the United States and its allies have been increasing joint military activities against North Korea around the Korean Peninsula,” said China’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Dai Bing. Urging will not help solve the problem.” Dmitry Polyansky, Russia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, also took a stance of advocating North Korea’s provocations, saying that “North Korea responded with missile test launches” to the expansion of South Korea-US joint exercises and deployment of strategic assets by the United States.
UN Ambassador Hwang Joon-guk, who attended as an interested party, said, “North Korea is the only UN member state in the world that blatantly threatens the functions of the Security Council and the UN Charter. It only contributes to strengthening,” he said.
When the adoption of the UN Security Council presidential statement failed, 11 countries, including South Korea, the US, and Japan, issued a joint statement condemning North Korea off-site.
