Thursday, April 20, 2017

Russia Vetoes UN Statement on North Korea's Missile Tests

Russia derailed a proposed UN Security Council statement that would have condemned North Korea's latest missile launch test, using its veto to torpedo the motion.


The statement, which was tabled by the US, would also tell North Korea not to conduct further nuclear tests. It has conducted five so far, and last week analysts warned that the country's nuclear test site was "primed and ready" for a sixth, CNN reported.

Instead, North Korea tested a missile Sunday, which was said to have failed, provoking more calls for the country to cease its hostile acts.

UN diplomats said the proposed statement of condemnation had consensus from the other 14 Council members, including China, North Korea's biggest ally and a Council permanent member.

Russia has a long record of vetoing resolutions pushed by the US. Last week, it used its veto power to block an attempt to condemn a deadly chemical incident in Khan Shaykhun which American authorities blamed on the Syrian air force without providing any evidence. In that instance, China abstained.

Little hope is held for reviving the motion against North Korea -- one diplomat said it was unlikely the Security Council would be able to resolve differences on the statement.

Next week, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will chair a minister-level meeting on the North Korean issue at the UN.

US Ambassador Nikki Haley told UN reporters it was "up to North Korea to avoid further trouble."

She said that she wanted Pyongyang to see that the US was not an aggressor.

"I think it's important that North Korea knows we're not trying to pick a fight, so don't try and give us one," she said.

"And, it's up to them to kind of see it. We've said it as clearly as we can possibly say it. You know, the ball is in their court. They shouldn't try and play at this point."

The reclusive nation, which has long pursued nuclear ambitions, conducted its fifth nuclear test last September, its most powerful so far. It is not a signatory to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the global ban on nuclear explosive testing.
 (Tasnim)
20/4/17
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 ***Voilà l'homme tout entier, s'en prenant à sa chaussure alors que c'est son pied le coupable. Ca devient inquiétant. 

1 comment:

  1. Russland weist Blockade-Vorwurf zurück...

    Eine gemeinsame Erklärung des UN-Sicherheitsrats zu den Raketentests Nordkoreas wurde von Russland blockiert. So lautet der Vorwurf mehrerer Diplomaten. Moskau wies das zurück: Der Wortlaut des abgelehnten Entwurfs habe sich von vorherigen Erklärungen unterschieden.

    Die russische UN-Vertretung hat Medienberichte zurückgewiesen, wonach sie eine Verurteilung des jüngsten Raketentests von Nordkorea durch den Sicherheitsrat blockiert habe. Der Wortlaut des von der US-Delegation eingebrachten Entwurfs habe sich von früheren Erklärungen des Sicherheitsrats zu nordkoreanischen Raketentests unterschieden, teilte Russlands ständige Vertretung bei den Vereinten Nationen mit. Insbesondere habe der Aufruf zu einer Lösung des Konflikts "durch Dialog" gefehlt.

    US-Medien hatten unter Berufung auf UN-Diplomaten berichtet, außer Russland seien die übrigen 14 Mitglieder des Sicherheitsrats mit der US-Erklärung einverstanden gewesen, mit der Nordkoreas Raketentest verurteilt werden sollte - darunter auch China, der wichtigste Verbündete Nordkoreas. Mehrere Diplomaten bei den Vereinten Nationen, die nicht namentlich genannt werden wollten, zeigten sich überrascht, dass Russland den Text ablehnte, obwohl China ihn habe unterstützen wollen.

    Die russische Delegation habe darum gebeten, den bisher vereinbarten Wortlaut wiedereinzuführen, erklärte sie. Daraufhin hätten die US-Diplomaten die Arbeit an dem Entwurf eingestellt und Russland die Schuld an dessen Scheitern gegeben......http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/un-russland-nordkorea-101.html

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