The United States and its Western allies clashed with Russia and North Korea at the meeting, saying both countries violated a UN ban on exporting arms from the Democratic Republic of Korea, the country’s official name. Russia ignored the “baseless accusations” and the DPRK dismissed the meeting as “an extremely brazen act” to “talk about someone’s alleged ‘arms transfer’.”
Jonah Leff, executive director of Battle Armament Analysis, gave the council a detailed study of the remains of the missile that struck Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, on January 2.
He said the group documented the missile’s rocket motor, its tail division and about 300 parts manufactured by 26 companies in 8 international locations and territories, and this revealed that the missile was either a KN-23 or KN-24 manufactured in the DPRK. Was manufactured in 2023. ,
The group reached its conclusion by noting the missile’s distinctive features – its diameter, the distinctive jet vane actuators that direct the missile’s thrust and trajectory, the cross-edge development of the igniter, the presence of Korean letters on some rocket parts, and the optional markings. And parts dating back to 2023, he said.
“Following initial documentation, our teams observed three additional similar DPRK missiles that struck Kiev and Zaporizhia earlier this year,” Leff said. He also noted alternative standard guns, including an artillery rocket manufactured in 1977, “which were seized on the front lines and had not previously been seen on the battlefield in Ukraine” were produced through the DPRK. Were, and possibly were, a part of the latest improved batch of rockets.
The council noted illegal hand transfers from North Korea at the request of France, Japan, South Korea, Britain and the US.
The assembly adopted Russia’s March 28 veto that ended tracking of sanctions against North Korea over its growing nuclear program through the UN panel of experts. The US and its EU and Asian allies accuse Moscow of seeking to avoid investigation as it allegedly violates sanctions by buying weapons from Pyongyang for its conflict in Ukraine.
UN Disarmament Secretary Izumi Nakamitsu told the council on Friday that before her mandate ended, the panel of professionals was reviewing a record on missile particles obtained from Ukraine, including those manufactured in the DPRK and used by the Russian armed forces. Information about short-range ballistic missiles was obtained. in Ukraine.”
While the tenure of the professionals, which had been extended since 2009 with Russia’s support, was terminated, Nakamitsu said “it is important to note” that the Security Council committee responsible for monitoring the implementation of sanctions against the DPRK “Continues its work and will monitor the implementation of the sanctions regime.”
US Deputy Ambassador Robert Plank called Leff’s presentation “quite compelling” with several technical key points and instructed the council that Russia could end the panel’s tracking with China’s “tacit support”, the briefing confirmed. Moscow and Beijing “cannot prevent” the public from learning about illegal arms transfers taking place between the DPRK and Russia.
He said the sovereign findings corroborate open-source studies and analysis through Leff’s analysis group. And he said that, in addition to the handful of missiles Russia transferred from the DPRK, it also illegally transferred more than 11,000 boxes of weapons.
“As a permanent member of the Security Council, Russia has a responsibility to maintain and strengthen international peace and security,” Plank said. “Yet, Russia is launching ballistic missiles against the Ukrainian people, which it illegally purchased from the DPRK.”
Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia accused the assembly’s Western sponsors of attempting to downplay the Security Council’s importance in order to “propagate an anti-Russian and anti-North Korean narrative and spread baseless allegations” to distract attention from their own destructive actions. ” In area.”
He described as “absolutely false” claims that Russia is using DPRK missiles in Ukraine, and questioned the professionalism and experience of those testing the debris in Ukraine.
Nebenzia accused the United States of continuously increasing the militarization of the Asia-Pacific region and said that Washington’s coverage of “extended detention” on Russia’s eastern border “poses a real threat not only to the DPRK but also to our country. ”
He said the June 19 strategic partnership memorandum of understanding, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, aims to “play a stabilizing role in Northeast Asia amid an unprecedented rise in tensions.” As for the Article 4 clause on respect for both countries offering mutual military backup if there is an armed attack, he said this should not raise “national security concerns” for those countries. Don’t do this. Plan to attack DPRK.
North Korean Ambassador Kim Tun called the United States “the world’s largest arms exporter”, and accused Western countries that had attended the council meeting of being the “main culprits” of the worrisome global easing. They have caused “tragic bloodshed through massive arms embargoes” and “war clouds hang over every corner of the world.”
Make the shipment of American fingers to South Korea and Japan realistic to life and accused the US and its admirers of trying to hinder the reform of the DPRK-Russia family. He defended those family members as being of “completely peace-loving and protective nature”.
China’s deputy UN ambassador Geng Shuang warned that if there was “greater chaos” on the Korean Peninsula, it would affect peace and security throughout Northeast Asia.
He called on all parties to be “rational and practical” and “work together to defuse the situation.”
China will play a “constructive role” to realize long-term easing and balance on the Korean Peninsula, Geng said, and he called on the United States to end its energy campaign against the DPRK and “the myth of deterrence.” And manifest your sincerity in preserving the unconditional discussion “through concrete action”.
US Ambassador Plank responded: “If, indeed, China is so concerned about the security situation on the Korean Peninsula, then it needs to use its influence with the DPRK to prevent it from undermining regional and global security ”
He added, “It should also use its influence with Russia through its new ‘No Limits’ partnership to end the increasingly dangerous military cooperation between the DPRK and Russia.”
