UNSC Is Bargaining Ground of Interest-seeking Powers: KCNA Commentary

Pyongyang, August 23 (KCNA) -- The situation on the Korean peninsula has rapidly aggravated after the adoption of the anti-DPRK "sanctions resolution" 2371 at the UN Security Council under the manipulation of the U.S. The DPRK government flatly denied the "resolution", aimed to completely block its economic development and improvement of people's livelihood, as a wanton violation of the sovereignty of the country and clarified its will to make the toughest counteraction against it. Meanwhile the U.S. started large-scale joint military exercises, flexing its military muscle, thus driving the situation to a catastrophic phase. After all, the UN Security Council has discarded its basic mission and this has made it unable to evade the responsibility for putting the peace and security in the Korean peninsula, the region and the rest of the world in peril. Those countries which voted for the sanctions against the DPRK are now going busy, calling for "restraint" and "peaceful solution". This is a clear indication of the embarrassment they have faced over the development of the situation. The Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah on August 10, noting that "countries taking issue with the nuclear weapons of north Korea are nuclear powers", commented "nuclear powers are closely watched as they invade and bomb other countries, get themselves ready to destroy the third world countries and brand those countries as 'dangerous elements' while pushing them into a tight corner". This report represents the perspective of the international community on the arrogant powers. Such outdated international order as the UNSC system can no longer guarantee the future of humankind. -0-