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Head of DPRK Delegation on Tasks before NAM

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) -- The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is required to intensify its activities to actively meet fresh challenges and cope with new changes. Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Choe Su Hon who is heading the DPRK delegation said this, clarifying the DPRK's stand on the matter at the ministerial meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the NAM on May 30.
    The DPRK government has consistently maintained the unshakable stand to remain true to the fundamental principle and idea of the NAM, he noted, and continued:
    The DPRK delegation is of the view that the current meeting should pay particular attention to the following issues that should be solved to define the orientation of the movement for meeting new challenges and boost its capability for actions:
    First, the movement should further strengthen unity and solidarity in the struggle to protect the sovereignty of its member states.
    To strengthen the unity and solidarity among the member states of the movement presents itself as a more urgent issue today when some forces are posing a grave threat to the sovereignty of member states by perpetrating invasion and interference in their internal affairs and enforcing a unilateral high-handed policy towards them in contravention of the principles of the movement and international law.
    The member states of the NAM should intensify the joint actions to ensure that the principle of respect for sovereignty in handling major pending international issues such as disarmament, human rights, anti-terrorism and UN reform is fully observed.
    Second, the NAM is required to pay a deep attention to categorically rejecting the double standards in the international relations at present and ensuring that the principle of equality and impartiality is observed.
    The U.S. is openly pursuing a double-dealing discriminative policy, while shunning the fulfillment of its commitment to nuclear disarmament under international law and working hard to deter other countries from conducting nuclear activities for a peaceful purpose. It has gone the lengths of openly threatening them with preemptive nuclear strikes.
    These high-handed practices of the U.S. are rendering the international nuclear non-proliferation regime including the NPT useless and encouraging the non-nuclear states to have access to nuclear deterrent for self-defence.
    The NAM is called upon to heighten caution against the adverse consequences of the use of these dangerous double standards in the international relations and take united actions against it.
    Third, efforts should be exerted to strengthen the NAM and reenergize its activities in the direction of remaining true to its objective and idea and reinforcing the unity and solidarity among its member states.
    No matter how complicated the situation may get they should seek better ways of advancing the movement in the direction of upholding the fundamental idea and principle and boosting the unity and solidarity among them.
    In this context we deem it important to adhere to the principle of carrying forward and developing the traditional work method whereby the NAM has displayed its vitality and united might over the last several decades thanks to the efforts of the member states to improve the method.