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Unilateralism, High-handedness Should Not Be Allowed

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

&    Pyongyang, October 23 (KCNA) -- October 24 is the Day of the United Nations. The UN's mission is to promote the development of friendly relations and economic and cultural cooperation among nations on the principle of the maintenance of peace and security of the world and respect for equal rights and the right to self-determination. And its principle of activity is to respect the sovereignty among the member nations, peacefully resolve international disputes, ensure territorial integrity and prohibit threat and use of armed force against other nations.
    However, the demand of the new century for fair international relations is now being trampled down ruthlessly and the sovereignty and security of legitimate states are being violated wantonly in the international arena by unilateralism and high-handedness.
    The present situation urgently demands that the United Nations should play a pivotal role in the settlement of main international issues in conformity with the object and principle of its charter in order to perform its mission.
    First of all, unilateral and high-handed practice going against the UN charter and international law should no longer be allowed.
    Disputes should be solved in a peaceful way through dialogue and negotiations and unilateral use of armed forces such as invasion of sovereign states can never be justified.
    The UN should be democratized fully so that all the international issues may be settled in the common interest of its member nations. For this purpose, it is imperative to establish a system in which the General Assembly examines and approves such resolutions of the Security Council as sanctions and use of armed forces which have a direct influence on the world peace and security.
    Meanwhile, the issue regarding the reform of the Security Council now under heated discussion should be resolved in such a way as fully ensuring the representative right and interests of the non-aligned countries and other developing countries which comprise the overwhelming majority of the UN membership and contributing to a fair solution to disputes. And practicalmeasures should be taken one after another to increase the role of the United Nations and its affiliates in the socio-economic field and to positively assist developing nations in the efforts for their sustained development.
    The government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea will in the future, too, take independence, peace and friendship as the main idea of its foreign policy and further strengthen friendly and cooperative relations with all other UN member nations which respect its sovereignty and thus make a positive contribution to international efforts for establishing a just, equal and new world order.