ballistic missile programs<\/a>,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres was equally critical of North Korea calling on the DPRK \u201cto immediately desist from taking any further provocative actions, and to fully comply with its international obligations under all relevant Security Council resolutions, and to resume dialogue leading to sustainable peace and the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, Guterres met with Park Jin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, on 1 February and also with Kim Song, Permanent Representative of the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea, on 31 January. The discussions focused on recent developments related to the Korean Peninsula, as well as cooperation with the UN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And on 20 February, Mohamed Khaled Khiari, UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, briefed Security Council members on the topic of non-proliferation in the DPRK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his briefing, he reiterated the Secretary-General\u2019s strong condemnation of the launch and his appeal for action to reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And Khiari also called for cooperation from the 15 members of the Security Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Secretary-General deeply regrets the divisions that have prevented the international community from acting on the DPRK, as well as on other threats to peace and security around the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Korean Peninsula must be an area for cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the DPRK has clearly stated its intention to continue to pursue its nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes in violation of Council resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe country continues to implement a five-year military plan, unveiled in January 2021, which provided for developing new intercontinental-range ballistic missiles, among other weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The DPRK has also repeatedly warned of so-called \u201ccounteractions\u201d to military exercises carried out in the region and has described the Council\u2019s meeting last week on non-proliferation as a \u201chostile act that the DPRK is bound to take due counteraction\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During a press conference at the security conference in Munich on 18 February, Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa said the ICBM missile launched by North Korea landed within Japan\u2019s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe range of today\u2019s ICBM could cover the entire continent of the United States. This is an outrageous act and a provocation against the international community. Such act is absolutely unacceptable. It is a clear violation of the UN Security Council resolutions, and the international community must be united and take resolute response.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the G7 foreign ministers meeting, which he chaired, the G7 members condemned the launch in the strongest terms and agreed to take a robust response, including at the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo let our three countries, (including South Korea), work closely together in responding to North Korea\u2019s provocations, including through trilateral security cooperation which aims to enhance deterrence,\u201d the Foreign Minister declared. [IDN-InDepthNews]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Image: North Korea state TV airs footage of new ICBM launch on 24 March 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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