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North Korea said on Monday it had successfully test-fired a new type of medium- to long-range ballistic missile the previous day, claiming further advancement in a weapons programme it is pursuing in violation of United Nations resolutions. North Korea fired the ballistic missile on a high arc into the sea early on Sunday, the first test of US President Donald Trump’s vow to get tough on an isolated regime that tested nuclear devices and ballistic missiles last year at an unprecedented rate. The North’s state-run KCNA news agency said leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of the Pukguksong-2, a new type of strategic weapon capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The United States, Japan and South Korea requested urgent UN Security Council consultations on the test, with a meeting ...

Asserting that disarmament can play an important role in ending existing conflicts and preventing the outbreak of new strife, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has pledged to actively pursue the abolition of all weapons of mass destruction and the strict regulation of conventional weapons. “I am committed to achieving a world free of nuclear weapons,” Guterres said in a video message to the Geneva-based Conference on disarmament, which opened the first segment of its three-part 2017 session. Recalling that upon taking office he had described a world of new and old conflicts woven in a complex, interconnected web, he said that those conflicts have precipitated gross violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. “As such, while disarmament can play an im...

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North Korea claims New Nuclear-Capable Missile Test Successful

“I am committed to achieving a world free of nuclear weapons,”- United Nations chief