US urges North Korea to focus on needs of its people, not missiles

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UNITED NATIONS - The United States called on North Korea on Monday to defund its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes and prioritise the needs of its own people, as Russia and China blamed sanct

ions for worsening the humanitarian situation in the hermit Asian state.

"We call on DPRK to demonstrate a commitment to the wellbeing of its own people by respecting human rights, defunding its unlawful WMD and ballistic missiles programme, and prioritising the needs of its own people - the vulnerable North Koreans," said the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

In November, Russia and China revived a 2019 push to ease UN sanctions on North Korea in what they described as a bid to improve the humanitarian situation. The move found little support or engagement among council members, so China and Russia have not put it to a vote. North Korea's humanitarian situation"continues to worsen,"according to an excerpt of a confidential UN report seen on Saturday by Reuters. The report said that was probably mainly due to Pyongyang's Covid-19 blockade.

 

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