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09 April North Korea Special Weapons News

  • Petition to Revitalise Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as North Korea Withdraws & NPT Review Process Begins in Geneva on April 28 Greenpeace 09 Apr 2003 -- "We are writing to urge all members of the Security Council to support a negotiated settlement over North Korea's nuclear programme, and to reject military action as a response to this and future crises in the non-proliferation regime. We welcome the initiatives by Secretary General Kofi Annan to mediate the crisis between North Korea and the United States." [PDF 22.6 Kb]

  • U.S. Wants Peaceful Solution for North Korean Nuclear Issue Washington File 09 Apr 2003 -- The United States April 9 urged North Korea to accept diplomatic efforts to address its nuclear program and emphasized that Washington seeks "a peaceful resolution so that North Korea can come into compliance with its international obligations."
  • U-S-North Korea VOA 09 Apr 2003 -- The United States says it will continue pressing the U-N Security Council to adopt a statement critical of North Korea's recent nuclear moves. A council meeting on the issue Wednesday ended inconclusively, with China opposing any statement faulting Pyongyang.
  • Security Council holds talks on DPR of Korea nuclear issue UN News Centre 09 Apr 2003 -- On the eve of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the Security Council held talks today to consider the situation in that country.
  • UN / NOKO VOA 09 Apr 2003 -- The 15-member United Nations Security Council Wednesday failed to agree on a condemnation of North Korea's nuclear program.
  • Troop dispatch to Iraqi war flayed in S. Korea KCNA 09 Apr 2003 -- South Korean organizations are strongly protesting against the authorities' measure for troop dispatch to the Iraqi war.
  • Fair settlement of nuclear issue called for KCNA 09 Apr 2003 -- A delegate of the DPRK addressing a meeting of the UN Disarmament Committee on April 1 referred to the fact that the situation on the Korean Peninsula is so tense that a nuclear war may break out any time as the U.S.-South Korea madcap joint military exercises targeted against the DPRK were staged in South Korea, timed to coincide with the start of the Iraqi war.
  • Korean people's life and soul KCNA 09 Apr 2003 -- The Korean people regard the sovereignty of the country as valuable as their life and soul. Every nation has a right to independently shape and implement all policies suitable for the situation of the country and beneficial to its people, without others' interference.
  • U.S. not qualified to talk about issue of terrorism KCNA 09 Apr 2003 -- The U.S. is groundlessly charging the DPRK with sponsoring terrorism. This is aimed to impair the high prestige of the DPRK and isolate it internationally in a bid to stifle it under the pretext of sponsoring terrorism.
  • Heightened vigilance against Japan called for KCNA 09 Apr 2003 -- The Japanese reactionaries' open adv"self-defence forces'" possession of attack capability is little short of hinting that their actions for overseas expansion will be taken soon, says Minju Joson today.
  • Nat'l meeting celebrates anniversary of Kim Kong Il's election as NDC Chairman KCNA 09 Apr 2003 -- A national meeting took place in Pyongyang on April 8 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's election as Chairman of the National Defence Commission (NDC) of the DPRK.
  • KPA Chief of General Staff on confrontation with U.S. KCNA 09 Apr 2003 -- The DPRK does not want a war but if the United States provokes it at any cost despite its warning, its army and people under the brilliant commander who enforces the great Songun policy will not miss the chance to mercilessly wipe out the enemy and put a final end to the confrontation with the U.S.
  • KOREAS JAPAN U-S VOA 09 Apr 2003-- North Korea has warned Tokyo to remember it is within striking range of the communist state. The warning came as South Korea announced that its president will go to Washington in May to meet with President Bush and discuss the dispute over North Korea's nuclear programs
  • KOREA/U-N VOA 09 Apr 2003-- A United Nations Security Council discussion on North Korea's nuclear programs, scheduled for Wednesday, has been written off by some of the major parties even before it takes place




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