UNITED NATIONS, United States -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday against a new atomic arms race bringing the threat of 'annihilation' to the world, as North Korea charged that its peninsula was on the brink of nuclear war.
US Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 19, 2023.
"A worrisome new arms race is brewing. The number of nuclear weapons could rise for the first time in decades," Guterres told the General Assembly on the final day of its yearly session. Kim Song, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations, denounced South Korea's actions under President Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative who has worked to build tighter cooperation with the United States as well as historic rival Japan.
Kim alleged that the group was"committed to the planning, operation and execution of preemptive nuclear strike against the DPRK," the official name of the North, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.An envoy from South Korea, formally known as the Republic of Korea, took the floor to object to the remarks by North Korea, which routinely lashes out at the United Nations.
"If North Korea uses nuclear weapons, its regime will be brought to an end by an overwhelming response from the ROK-US alliance," Yoon warned at an air base north of Seoul as he hailed the expansion of US ties.
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