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UN General Assembly adopts 3 resolutions urging North Korea's denuclearization

2018-12-06 1 Dailymotion

유엔총회, 북한 비핵화 관련 결의안 3건 채택<br /><br />The UN General Assembly adopted three draft resolutions,... again calling for North Korea's denuclearization.<br />This comes at a time when there's lack of visible efforts from the regime to abandon its nukes... and a stall in talks between Pyeongyang and Washington.<br />Kan Hyeong-woo has the full story. <br />The United Nations General Assembly adopted 63 resolutions and four decisions on Wednesday local time in New York,... including three resolutions that call for North Korea's denuclearization.<br />One of the three resolutions, "United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons" was approved by a vote of 162 in favor to four against with 23 abstentions.<br />The four states that voted against the resolution were North Korea, China, Russia and Syria.<br />The General Assembly also adopted the resolution "Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty" by a vote of 183 in favor to one against with four abstentions. <br />Only North Korea opposed it. <br />Calling for full compliance with the obligation under the resolution,... the General Assembly criticized the six nuclear tests conducted by Pyeongyang since 2006 in violation of related Security Council resolutions.<br />Adopting the resolution "Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments", the Assembly urged nuclear-weapon states to fulfill their commitment to reduce and eventually eliminate all types of nuclear-weapons. <br />While the U.S., China and Russia voted against it,... North Korea abstained. <br />The General Assembly added that all states possessing nuclear-weapons should decrease the readiness of their nuclear systems in a verifiable and transparent manner.<br />Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News. <br />

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