It's not just that North Korea has nuclear arms, they are a brutal communist military dictatorship rule with horrific human rights violations and closed off from the WORLD. Although they do communicate with communist China who supports the North Korea government financially. Oh and they also have close relations with the Myanmar military regime and Iran. What do these nations have in common? WORSHIP of their heavy handed government or else their people become political prisoners or are killed. So yes, it's unnerving when I see the United Nations giving North Korea and Iran such important seats on these UN councils that will be open to their suggestions that will clearly contradict the purpose these councils were created in the first place. What can these oppressive abusers offer that would be of any value to humanity?
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The Weekly Standard
written by Anne Bayefsky
Wednesday June 29, 2011
On Tuesday, the United Nations again made itself an international laughing stock – except perhaps to the American taxpayers who continue to foot 22 percent of the bill – by appointing North Korea chair of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament. That would be the same North Korea that, according to an article this week by Senator John Kerry, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has “twice tested nuclear weapons…is developing missiles to carry them…has built facilities capable of producing highly enriched uranium for more nuclear weapons” and has defied a U.N. arms embargo by exporting weapons and sensitive technologies to rogue regimes.
Alas, Senator Kerry is also one of the lead champion of the United Nations in the Senate. According to the U.N., "The Conference is funded from the UN regular budget, reports to the General Assembly and receives guidance from it."
North Korea assumes the Conference chairmanship by being the next state in the alphabetical rotation of the 65 members, which include five nuclear weapons states and 60 other countries such as Iran and Syria. North Korea will preside over the Conference for a four working-week period.
North Korea’s representative, So Se Pyong, was enthusiastic about his new job. He announced that he was “very much committed to the Conference” and that during his presidency he “welcomes any sort of constructive proposals that strengthened the work and credibility of the Conference on Disarmament.” He also said that “he would do everything in his capacity to move the Conference on Disarmament forward.”
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