North Korea has temporarily taken over as head of a top nuclear disarmament forum at the United Nations.
It comes as the pariah state was earlier this year accused of testing an intercontinental ballistic missile, which are banned by the UN Security Council.
However it assumed the presidency of the Conference on Disarmament as the position rotates between members.
The move sparked immediate criticism of the forum's effectiveness.
A number of non-government organisations had urged countries to walk out of the room - a common form of diplomatic protest. While member states did not do this at Thursday's session, some nations sent only lower-level representatives.
Pyongyang only last week fired several missile tests in the immediate aftermath of US President Joe Biden's visit to its neighbours South Korean and Japan.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-61679432
The UN is a complete nonsense
03-06-2022, 06:35 AM
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North Korea assumes leaderhip of the UN Nuclear Disarmament Forum
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