LATEST NEWS AND STATEMENTS

• North Korea – Adoption of new sanctions by the UN Security Council (07.03.13)

  France welcomes the unanimous adoption on March 7 by the Security Council of resolution 2094 condemning North Korea for its third nuclear test, carried out on February 2013, in violation of previous resolutions 1718, 1874 and 2087.

• North Korea – Nuclear test (12.02.13)

  We call on North Korea to put an immediate end to its attempts to destabilize the region. It must fully implement without delay UN Security Council resolutions 1718, 1874 and 2087. We again urge it to resume dialogue with a view toward the complete, irreversible and verifiable dismantlement of its nuclear and ballistic program.

• North Korea – Nuclear and ballistic missile programs (23.01.13)

  France reaffirms its condemnation of the launch of a long-range rocket on December 12 by North Korea. It again urges North Korea to immediately comply with its international obligations and to dismantle its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in a complete, verifiable, and irreversible manner.

• North Korea – Rocket launch (12.12.12)

  France strongly condemns the rocket launch carried out this morning by North Korea, in violation of this country’s international obligations.

• North Korea – Announcement regarding the launch of a rocket (03.12.12)

  We call on North Korea to abandon its plans to launch a rocket and to refrain from any further act that is contrary to its international obligations and likely to increase tensions in the region.