USA: North Korea’s missile tests make a mockery of the UN Security Council

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The diplomat accused, without naming them, China and Russia with ties to Pyongyang, “two members of this Council, of providing North Korea with a protective cover” and of “giving in to justify North Korea’s repeated violations and allow her to make a mockery of the United Nations Security Council.

North Korea’s missile tests “make a mockery” of the UN Security Council, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield complained today during a meeting of the Council.

The diplomat accused, without naming them, China and Russia with ties to Pyongyang, “two members of this Council, of providing North Korea with a protective cover” and of “giving in to justify North Korea’s repeated violations and allow her to make a mockery of the United Nations Security Council.

North Korea is violating several United Nations resolutions with its recent barrage of missile launches, the US ambassador to the UN said as the United States called for a Security Council meeting today to discuss Pyongyang’s actions.

“We condemn these actions,” Linda Thomas-Greenfield told MSNBC in an interview Thursday. “They violate many UN Security Council resolutions.”

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