US warns UN inaction on North Korea 'dangerous'

MADRID, 21 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The United States has proposed this Monday to the United Nations Security Council to condemn the launch of missiles by North Korea, warning that the lack of action of the international organization in the face of Pyonyang's measures is "dangerous".

"The Council's inaction is worse than shameful. It is dangerous. Now is the time for the Security Council to work together to achieve a peaceful solution on the Korean peninsula, before it is too late," said the Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

In this sense, Thomas-Greenfield has stressed that "the Council must speak with one voice" in order to "condemn this growing pattern of reckless provocation."

"This sustained pattern of flagrant violations by the DPRK of Council resolutions explicitly banning ballistic missile launches from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) demands a response from this Council," he reiterated.

The American diplomat has criticized that Russia and China have previously vetoed the measures proposed by countries like the United States, alleging that putting more pressure on Pyonyang would not be constructive.

"This failure is not collective. It is specific. It comes from the two veto-wielding members of this Council who have repeatedly shut down all efforts to provide a meaningful response, blocked our attempts at forceful responses, and instead condemned any Council's move to back its own resolutions as 'provocative'," he said.

However, Thomas-Greenfield has considered that "those who protect the DPRK from the consequences of its increasing missile tests put the Asian region and the entire world at risk of conflict." Likewise, he has warned that the North Korean authorities will continue to "defiantly develop and test these weapons."