Summary: March 18, 2003: EU Statement on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) (Vienna)
Madam Chairperson,
I am speaking on behalf of the European Union. The Acceding Countries Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the Associated Countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey as well as Norway declare that they associate themselves with this statement.
The EU listened carefully to the introductory remarks of the DG on the DPRK. The position of the EU on this issue has been presented several times. The EU's position remains that DPRK should comply with all its treaty obligations retract its announcement to withdraw from the NPT and readmit IAEA inspectors. Any clandestine nuclear weapon programme of the DPRK has to be dismantled immediately in a verifiable manner. In this framework the DG's earlier message to the DPRK remains valid and
relevant, i.e. the readiness of the IAEA to send a team to Pyongyang or to receive a DPRK delegation here in Vienna.
The EU strongly urges once more, the DPRK to reconsider its course of action and it reiterates its commitment to contribute towards working out a lasting solution through peaceful means.
Thank you Madam Chairperson.
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