NPT Conference Deadlock Over North Korea, Iran Nuclear Issues

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : At a UN Security Council meeting on North Korean non-proliferation on the 30th of last month, Russia stated, "North Korea is our close neighbor and partner, and we have built relations in all areas in accordance with the UN Charter," adding, "We will continue to develop cooperation with North Korea.
41% : On the 22nd, at the UN headquarters in New York, Do Hung Viet, Vietnam's UN ambassador and chair of the conference, declared, "As consensus was not reached, the consensus document was not adopted."
35% : " Kim Sang-jin, Deputy Ambassador at South Korea's UN mission, expressed deep regret at the conference, stating, "Not even a single line addressing the North Korean issue was included," and emphasized, "The complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula should have been reaffirmed."

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