로버트 우드(Robert Wood) 대사께서 올해 5월 31일에 뉴욕 유엔 안보리 회의에서 하신 발언을 편집했습니다.
분량은 529 단어, 5분 20초입니다.
글로서리:
1 | ballistic missile | 탄도미사일 |
2 | munitions | 군수품, 군용품[물자] |
3 | Defense Intelligence Agency | (미국) 국방정보국 |
4 | Kharkiv | 하르키우 |
5 | 1718 committee Panel of Experts mandate renewal | 대북제재 전문가 패널 연장 |
스크립트:
The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s May 27 and May 29 launches using ballistic missile technology in direct violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions.
This Council has repeatedly called on the DPRK to cease its unlawful weapons program and engage in diplomacy.
Yet the DPRK has continued to advance its unlawful weapons program at an alarming rate, having launched well over 100 ballistic missiles since the beginning of 2022.
Each of these launches – successful or not – is a flagrant violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Each launch informs the DPRK of its capability gaps and allows Pyongyang to further advance its weapons programs. /
This Council has the responsibility to condemn these launches and to hold the DPRK accountable for its violations. But two Council Members, China and Russia, continuously block the Security Council from speaking against the DPRK’s behavior with one voice and makes us all less safe.
The DPRK has also unlawfully transferred dozens of ballistic missiles and over 11,000 containers of munitions to aid Russia’s war against Ukraine, prolonging the suffering of the Ukrainian people.
Earlier this week, the United States publicly released analysis of the Defense Intelligence Agency showing a visual comparison of images from DPRK state media and images of missile debris from Kharkiv, Ukraine – visual evidence confirming Russian usage of DPRK missiles against Ukraine. //
No wonder, Russia vetoed the 1718 committee Panel of Experts mandate renewal in March. Moscow didn’t want further scrutiny on its sanctions violating activities with the DPRK. Russia’s veto denies all UN Member States of objective, comprehensive reporting and analysis on the compliance of UN sanctions on the DPRK, all of which remain in effect.
Additionally, we also reject the disingenuous claims by DPRK and its supporters on the Council, that DPRK’s missile launches are merely a response to our bilateral and trilateral military exercises. These excuses offered by the DPRK and its patrons to justify its nuclear weapons programs are groundless and transparent. ///
The overwhelming majority of this Council has consistently condemned the DPRK’s intensifying threat to international peace and security; is fully committed to upholding the Security Council resolutions; and has recommitted to our shared goal of denuclearization as fundamental to this effort.
It is time to voice a united and clear denunciation of the DPRK’s behavior, call on all UN Member States to fully and faithfully implement UN Security Council resolutions, and work together to prevent the DPRK’s procurement activities and revenue flows which support its unlawful WMD and ballistic missile programs.
Distinguished Guests, to respond to a refrain that has been made over and over again that sanctions to do not work and harm civilians://// the DPRK’s dire humanitarian situation is of the countries own making. Kim Jong Un could alleviate his people’s suffering immediately by allowing international aid organizations to reenter the country and by investing in his people’s well-being instead of his unlawful weapons programs.
The DPRK’s repressive political climate allows the government to divert such a large share of its resources to weapons development without comment from its population. Sanctions have raised costs for the DPRK to advance its unlawful WMD and ballistic missile programs. But without full implementation of these measures, we are unable to address the DPRK’s continued actions in violation of UN Security Council resolutions.
Thank you.