Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Foreign Ministry
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea joined the United Nations on September 17, 1991. It has never served as an elected member of the Security Council. The following is excerpted from an October 17, 2006, statement made by a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. On October 14, the United States instigated the UNSecurity Council to pass another “resolution calling for harsh internationalsanctions and a blockade against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK), unreasonably describing its nuclear test for self-defense as a “threatto international peace and security. Thesuccessful nuclear test in the DPRK…
