North Korea has taken over as head of a United Nations body aimed at striking disarmament deals amid scorn from critics
This year North Korea has tested a flurry of ballistic missiles -- also banned by UNSC resolutions -- and appears to be preparing to conduct a new nuclear test for the first time since 2017.It gained the presidency of the Conference on Disarmament because it rotates alphabetically among its 65 members.
Instead, some diplomatic missions sent lower-level representatives than the ambassadors who would typically be expected to attend.China and Russia veto new UN sanctions on North Korea for first time since 2006The overall reaction from the floor was seen by observers as mild compared to the reaction to Syria's presidency of the same body in 2018. During that meeting, Canada read out the testimonies of Syrian chemical attack survivors' accounts in protest.
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