The transfer of “ballistic missiles and other munitions” represents a violation of at least three Security Council resolutions. Portugal was one of the signatories of the declaration.
A group of 48 countries, including Portugal, condemned this Friday in a joint statement at the UN “the illegal transfers of weapons from North Korea to Russia, which significantly helped” Moscow to carry out its war against Ukraine.
The statement, read by the deputy ambassador of the United States, Robert Woods, highlights that this transfer of “ballistic missiles and other munitions” represents a violation of at least three Security Council resolutions designed under the sanctions regime against North Korea, mainly due to the development of sanctions. its nuclear program.
However, the last resolution on this matter dates back to 2016. Since then, the Russia has shown a clear reluctance to continue sanctions on the Pyongyang regime.a position that it also shares with China, which weakens the position of the Security Council.
In this sense, last March Russia vetoed in the Council the renewal of the mandate of the committee of experts that periodically analyzes the sanctions against the Asian country, leaving it inoperative and “depriving the UN of critical information that helps member states to implement UN obligations.” Security Council,” indicates this Friday’s statement.
The text recalls that Moscow and Pyongyang signed a strategic agreement last week that opens the door to greater military cooperation and, in light of this, this group of countries expressed this Friday “seriously concerned about the security consequences for Europe, the Korean Peninsula, the Indo-Pacific region and the entire world.”
For this reason, the 48 signatories (to which the European Union is added) He called on the Council “to assume its responsibilities (to) combat North Korea’s threats to international peace and security.”.
Among the signatories there is not a single African State and there is only one Latin American State (Argentina). Among Asians, only South Korea and Japan have signed it, the rest being the United States, the countries of the European Union and their usual allies: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and small peaceful states.
The war was triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
kyiv has received financial and arms support from Western allies, including NATO countries. (English acronym for North Atlantic Treaty Organization), of which Portugal is one of the 32 members.
kyiv’s allies have also imposed sanctions on Russia to try to diminish Russia’s ability to finance the war effort in Ukraine.
Source: Observadora
