Female North Korean troops congratulate dictator Kim Jong-un
on a successful satellite launch last December.
U.N. Security
Council Must Apologize for Being 'American Marionette' (Korea Central News
Agency, North Korea)
Is the U.N.
Security Council, which includes China and Russia, a plaything of Washington?
This news item from Korea's rigidly state-run Korea Central News Agency quotes
that nation's Foreign Ministry, which called for an apology from the Security
Council for its latest condemnation of the North's missile program, asserts
that Pyongyang will continue to launch rockets for 'peaceful' purposes, and insists
that talks to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula are at an end.
Pyongyang: The Foreign
Ministry issued the following statement on Wednesday:
The successful launch of a Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite by the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea last December fully demonstrated its
space science technology and overall national power. This stark fact was welcomed
by the world and recognized by even hostile forces like those in the United
States.
As part of the desperate efforts by the United States and
its followers to block the victorious advance of the DPRK
and in wanton violation of its inviolable sovereignty, a U.N.
Security Council "resolution" was cooked up on Tuesday.
This U.S.-sponsored "resolution" is riddled with
hostile steps aimed at banning peaceful DPRK
satellite launches and tightening "sanctions" against it in an effort
to block its economic development and hamstring its efforts to bolster its defense capabilities.
The above-said countries insist that the DPRK's
satellite launch is problematic, asserting that "it makes use of ballistic
missile technology," even if they know better than anyone else that
ballistic missile technology is the only means for launching a satellite, and
even though they launch more satellites than anyone else. This is not only a
self-deception, but the greatest of double-standards.
At the heart of this matter is the brigandish logic of the
United States, which is that a peaceful satellite launch by a country antagonistic
toward America should not be permitted. And why not? Because any carrier rocket
can be converted into a long-range ballistic missile that threatens the United
States. From this it is clear that the U.N. Security Council is an American
marionette.
The "resolutions" of the U.N. Security Council, adopted
in reaction to satellite launches of the DPRK, are
products of a blind pursuance of America's hostile policy of seeking the
disarmament and collapse of the DPRK's system, which
is a violation of universally accepted international law.
This repeating wrongdoing and lack of courage or
responsibility to rectify it are the despicable behavior of cowards who not
only deceive others, but deceive themselves. This has put the peace and
stability of the Korean Peninsula and the region at greater peril.
The current situation proves clearly that the DPRK must counter America's hostile policy with strength,
not words, and that the road of independence and Songun
chosen by the DPRK is entirely just.
To cope with the prevailing situation, the Foreign Ministry
declares as follows:
First, the DPRK flatly rejects the
unjust acts of the U.N. Security Council, which are aimed at wantonly violating
the sovereignty of the DPRK and depriving it of the
right to launch satellites for peaceful purposes.
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If they think they can bring down the DPRK
with sanctions and pressure, the hostile forces are seriously mistaken, and
such attempts will inevitably bring them a disgraceful defeat.
The U.N. Security Council should apologize for its crime of encroaching
on the independence of a sovereign state and for following America's policy of hostility
toward the DPRK. This is in utter disregard of universally-recognized
international law. All such unreasonable "resolutions" must be
repealed at once.
Second, the DPRK will continue to
exercise its independent and legitimate right to launch satellites for peaceful
purposes, while abiding by universally-recognized international law on the peaceful
use of space.
DPRK Scientists and technicians
will continue to develop and launch many more satellites, including those for
communications, and it will continue to build more powerful carrier rockets so essential
for building an economic giant in the same spirit and mettle that were
displayed by the successfully Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite launch.
The DPRK will continue its peaceful
satellite launches in order to conquer space and become a world-level space
power.
Third, the DPRK has come to the final
conclusion that denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula will be impossible without the
realization of global denuclearization, as it has become clear that America's
policy of hostility toward the DPRK remains
unchanged.
The joint statement at the six-party talks adopted on September
19 on the principle of respect for sovereignty and equality is now defunct, and
prospects for denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula are gloomier, because
America's hostile policy toward the DPRK has become ever-more
pronounced.
While there may be talks on peace and stability on the
Korean Peninsula and region in the future, there will be none about denuclearizing
the peninsula.
Fourth, the DPRK will take steps to
physically bolster its military self-defense capabilities. This will include qualitatively
and quantitatively strengthening its nuclear deterrence to cope with America's increasingly
open attempts to apply sanctions and pressure on the DPRK.
With the might of Songun, the
revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK will defend
the security and sovereignty of the country and safeguard regional peace and
stability. The nation's steadfast troops are filled with the will to boldly root
out the sources of provocation imposed by forces hostile to the DPRK.
Thanks to Songun politics, no
force on earth can block our great people, who are so powerful and proud of
independence, and who advance in unity, convinced of truth.
