North Korea accuses the US of undermining the UN with ‘shameless illegal acts’ and criticises Washington’s reported sanctions briefing plans.
SEOUL: North Korea condemned what it called “shameless” moves by the United States that it said undermined the United Nations.
Pyongyang’s mission to the UN in New York blasted reported plans for a briefing on its alleged sanctions violations.
“The US despises the existence of the UN itself,” Pyongyang said in a statement carried by state media.
It accused Washington of a “hideous criminal act” that should be the UN’s most important pending issue.
The statement did not specify the act but follows the recent US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Washington’s “irrationality and malpractice of abusing the UN arena to satisfy its geopolitical self-interest should never be allowed”, North Korea’s mission said.
It also accused the US of “shameless illegal and immoral acts” for “trying to make a mockery of the UN arena”.
The criticism comes after President Donald Trump announced the US would leave several UN organisations.
North Korea is under a slew of UN Security Council sanctions over its nuclear and missile programme.
