U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the U.N., Robert Wood, condemned North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch on Tuesday (November 5). He made the statement at U.N. headquarters jointly with representatives from Denmark, Ecuador, France, Greece, Japan, Malta, Panama, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Switzerland and the UK. - REUTERS
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00:00This launch, in addition to the more than 100 ballistic missile launches since 2022 to date,
00:08is a clear violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions, jeopardizes international
00:14peace and security, and threatens to undermine the global nonproliferation regime. We must not
00:20allow the sheer volume of DPRK launches to normalize its unlawful and destabilizing behavior.
00:26In response to this provocation, the United States introduced a press statement to the Council
00:34that simply recounted the details of the launch and expressed the Council's position
00:39that it violated UN Security Council resolutions. However, two Council members refuse to join a
00:47united denunciation and call to uphold the Council's legally binding measures.
00:53All Member States are obligated to implement sanctions on the DPRK,
00:58which remain in effect and are in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.