The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously on a
resolution on the DPRK missile crisis at the UN headquarters in New
York, Saturday, July 15, 2006. (Xinhua
Photo) |
UNITED NATIONS, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security
Council(UNSC) on Saturday unanimously approved a resolution on the missile tests
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), calling for the early
resumption of the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.
After days of wrangling over the language of the
resolution, the council members finally reached agreement to remove any
reference to the Chapter 7 of the UN Charter which authorizes sanctions or even
military action.
The resolution strongly urges the DPRK to return
immediately to the six-party talks without precondition, abandon all
nuclear-related weapons and programs and return to the Treaty on
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and International Atomic Energy Agency
safeguards.
It requires all UN members to prevent missiles and
missile-related items, materials, goods and technology from being transferred to
DPRK.
The resolution demands that the DPRK suspend all
activities related to its ballistic missile program, and in this context
re-establish its preexisting commitments to a moratorium on missile launching.
Chinese Ambassador Wang Guangya told the council that
China is ready to make joint efforts with all the parties concerned to maintain
peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.
"The Chinese side is ready to make joint efforts with
all the parties concerned to overcome difficulties, create conditions, promote
the six-party talks, and jointly maintain peace and stability on the Korean
Peninsula and in the Northeast Asia," he said.
Wang stressed that China has adopted a responsible
attitude and firmly opposed to forcing through a vote on a draft resolution that
is not conducive to unity and will further complicate and aggravate the
situation, cause grave consequences for peace and stability on the Korean
Peninsula, and create enormous obstacles for the six-party talks and other
important diplomatic endeavors.
The DPRK's UN Ambassador Pak Gil Yon told reporters
after the council meeting that his country "totally rejects" the resolution
adopted by the UN Security Council.
The DPRK "remains unchanged in its will to
denuclearize the Korean Peninsula in a negotiated peaceful manner just as it
committed itself in the September 19 joint statement of the six-party talks,"
Pak told the council.
The Russian envoy to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said the
resolution "sends an appropriate signal to the DPRK to display restraint and
abide by its obligations regarding missiles."
Churkin called on the DPRK "to work in favor of
continuing the negotiating process in the interest of strengthening the security
and stability of the region."
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said the United States
looked forward to the DPRK's full, unconditional and immediate compliance with
the resolution.
"It sends an unequivocal, unambiguous and unanimous
message to Pyongyang: suspend your ballistic missile program; stop your
procurement of materials related to weapons of mass destruction, and implement
your September, 2005 commitment to verifiably dismantle your nuclear weapons and
existing nuclear programs," he told the council.
The 15-member council had tried for days to decide
how to react to the missile launches by the DPRK on July 5, which raised
concerns of the international community.
Japan and the United States had
earlier pushed for a resolution with a clear reference to Chapter 7. But China
and Russia opposed any mention of Chapter 7 in that it could be used to justify
possible future military action. Enditem
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