United Nations published this video item, entitled “”Nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to humanity” – Top UN official at Council’s Briefing” – below is their description.
A top United Nations official told the Security Council that “the Secretary-General strongly condemns the DPRK’s continued development of missiles using ballistic missile technology. Such actions are clear violations of relevant Security Council resolutions and contribute to increasing tensions in the region and beyond.”
Speaking to the Council today (11 May) in New York, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Khaled Khiari, said that DPRK has launched more missiles in the past five months than in the prior two years combined.
Khiari said, “these developments all relate to the DPRK’s continuing pursuit of its nuclear programme, adding that “while some States continue to rely on nuclear weapons in their security policies, nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to humanity.”
He reiterated that the existence of such weappons “heightens the risk of unintended escalation or miscalculation. We must strengthen our efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons.”
The Assistant Secretary-General also said, “the Secretary-General reaffirms his commitment to working with all parties for sustainable peace and the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. He urges the DPRK to comply with the decisions of the Council, reset the course to dialogue and build on previous diplomatic efforts.”
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