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North Korea accuses IAEA of being a `tool of the US`
United Nations, Nov 05: North Korea charged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with being a `tool of the United States` and accused `Japs` - a derogatory term for Japanese - of backing American plans to invade it.
United Nations, Nov 05: North Korea charged the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with being a "tool
of the United States" and accused "Japs" - a derogatory term
for Japanese - of backing American plans to invade it.
North Korea's Deputy Ambassador Kim Chang Guk let out his
ire as he voted against a resolution supporting IAEA which
was adopted by the 191-member United Nations General Assembly
by 129 votes to one.
What angered Kim to make him use word "Japs" was Japanese using "North Korea" to refer to their country, instead of Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK. Japan, he said, has "sinister ulterior intention and disdain" for his country and is resurrecting "militarism and fascism to re-invade Korea."
Speaking after the vote, Japan's Deputy Ambassador Yoshiyuki Motomura denied that his country meant any disrespect for DPRK. He said Japan had used the term North Korea in "geographical sense" and meant no disrespect to it.
But in referring to the Japanese as "the Japs", he said DPRK had been "intentionally derogatory."
Alarmed by the "name calling," Assembly President Julian Robert Hunte of Saint Lucia urged the members to raise the level of the debate. He also requested Kim to desist in future form using such language in the United Nations. But Kim had gone out of the house immediately after the vote and heard neither Motomura nor Hunte.
Bureau Report
What angered Kim to make him use word "Japs" was Japanese using "North Korea" to refer to their country, instead of Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK. Japan, he said, has "sinister ulterior intention and disdain" for his country and is resurrecting "militarism and fascism to re-invade Korea."
Speaking after the vote, Japan's Deputy Ambassador Yoshiyuki Motomura denied that his country meant any disrespect for DPRK. He said Japan had used the term North Korea in "geographical sense" and meant no disrespect to it.
But in referring to the Japanese as "the Japs", he said DPRK had been "intentionally derogatory."
Alarmed by the "name calling," Assembly President Julian Robert Hunte of Saint Lucia urged the members to raise the level of the debate. He also requested Kim to desist in future form using such language in the United Nations. But Kim had gone out of the house immediately after the vote and heard neither Motomura nor Hunte.
Bureau Report