North Korea has been given temporary control over the United Nations forum on nuclear disarmament, causing tempers to explode from other nations that point to the hermit nation s testing of nuclear missiles.
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GENEVA - North Korea, which is under sanctions for developing nuclear weapons in defiance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, has taken over as head of a UN body aimed at striking disarmament deals amid scorn from critics. This year North Korea has tested a flurry of ballistic missiles - also banned by UNSC resolutions - and appears to be.
North Korea has taken over rotating presidency of Conference on Disarmament; Australian Ambassador Amanda Gorely read joint statement by 48 countries, plus EU, expressing concerns about Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and its ballistic missile capabilities and activities.