Sep32017

Press release: PM statement on North Korea: 3 September 2017

HM Government

This latest action by North Korea is reckless and poses an unacceptable further threat to the international community.

I discussed the serious and grave threat these dangerous and illegal actions present with President Abe in Japan this week and reiterate the call we jointly made for tougher action, including increasing the pace of implementation of existing sanctions and looking urgently in the UN Security Council at new measures.

This is now even more pressing. The international community has universally condemned this test and must come together to continue to increase the pressure on North Korea’s leaders to stop their destabilising actions.

Sep32017

UN atomic chief says DPR Korea’s new nuclear test ‘an extremely regrettable act’

United Nations

3 September 2017 – Following today’s reported nuclear bomb test by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the head of the United Nations atomic agency has spoken against &#8220an extremely regrettable act&#8221 that completely disregarded the international community’s repeated demands.

&#8220Today’s nuclear test by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is an extremely regrettable act,&#8221 said Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in a statement.

&#8220This new test, which follows the two tests last year and is the sixth since 2006, is in complete disregard of the repeated demands of the international community,&#8221 he added.

In its resolutions, most recently in 2371, the Security Council has reaffirmed its decisions that the DPRK should not conduct any further nuclear tests and should abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.

&#8220Once again, I strongly urge the DPRK to fully implement all relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and the IAEA,&#8221 Mr. Amano said, noting that his agency continues to closely follow developments in the DPRK’s nuclear programme and remains ready to contribute to its peaceful resolution.