UK urges DPRK to cease missile launches, return to dialogue and to take credible steps towards denuclearisation: UK statement at the Security Council

Friday, 2 June 2023 22:46

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on North Korea. The UK condemns the DPRK’s reckless, failed satellite launch on 30 May 2023. Let me be clear. This launch had nothing to do with peaceful uses of outer space. It was a military reconnaissance satellite, and used ballistic missile technology to launch. As such, it was a further violation of this Council’s resolutions. It follows 9 sets of ballistic missile tests since the start of...Request free trial