He said that the DPRK government has long paid deep attention to environment protection and achieved successes.

Environment protection is not an issue confined to a country and a nation, and the unity in action should be provided to make the earth a planet without contamination, he noted.

It is regrettable that the U.S. decided to withdraw from the important convention of the whole world, giving priority to its interests and extreme economic calculation, he pointed out.

The U.S. "sanctions resolutions", products of its high-handed and arbitrary practices, are wantonly violating the Korean people's right to exist and develop and have negative influence on the international cooperation in the environment field and a typical proof is that the work being done by the cooperation of the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization has not yet been promoted in the DPRK, he said.

He said it is the stand of the DPRK that the environment protection and international cooperation in this field should not become a victim of politics affected by the interests of individual countries as a global work.

He noted that the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific of the UN and the United Nations Environment Programme should pay a due attention to taking necessary measure so that the sanctions against the DPRK have no impact on the international cooperation in the environment field.

He expressed the expectation that the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific of the UN and the United Nations Environment Programme would discharge their responsibility and role in coordinating the growth of green economy suited to the sustainable development goals and the regional cooperation for the uncontaminated planet and providing the cooperation to all member states fairly without discrimination.