A DPRK delegate said this when addressing the plenary meeting of the Geneva Disarmament Conference on August 21.

He went on to say:

Some countries are still trying to keep unequal relations by counting on the military superiority.

They are also enforcing the policy of nuclear blackmail in an undisguised manner, disregarding the requirements and obligations of international law. At the same time, they are putting spurs to the preparations for preempting nuclear attacks on other countries any moment.

Such acts are quite contrary to the requirements of the international community and pose grave threats to global peace and security.

Allowance of double standards will only make the international relations biased and complicated, much less contributing to the fair solution to international issues.

The policy of double standards existing in international relations and unequal relations caused by it have negative effects on the progress of the disarmament conference.

Some countries are finding a solution to the progress of the disarmament conference in changing the procedures and regulations of the conference and its work method the keynote of which is the principle of unanimous agreement. The DPRK does not agree with them.

The DPRK is convinced that confidence can be built and true political atmosphere for negotiations be created within the disarmament conference only when all countries thoroughly abide by the principle of cooperation, mutual benefits and non-interference in internal affairs of other countries.

As for the issue of forming a negotiation forum outside the conference, the view of the DPRK is that there can never be other forum except the present disarmament conference.

The disarmament conference is the only forum for multilateral negotiations whose mission is to work out internationally recognized disarmament pacts upon authorization of the first special meeting of the UN General Assembly on disarmament in 1978.

Availing himself of this opportunity, the delegate reaffirmed the DPRK's support for the proposal of non-aligned and other developing countries on the earlier convention of the fourth special meeting of the UN General Assembly on disarmament.