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Members of GEM (젬)‚
Executive Secretary Zerbo‚
Distinguished guests‚
Ladies and gentlemen‚
Today‚ as we speak‚ the Doomsday Clock is at three minutes to midnight‚ the closest ever since the end of the Cold War. This is a hair-trigger state of affairs‚ to which many have become blindingly numb. In fact‚ last month when the 2015 NPT Review Conference concluded without a final document‚ I was worried the Clock would tick even closer to midnight.
My remarks may sound ominous‚ but this isn’t going to be a “gloom and doom” speech. Rather‚ my point is that now is the time for us to take stock of developments in the field of nuclear non-proliferation‚ and chart our future course of action.
And I say this as someone with a special attachment to disarmament and non-proliferation issues. As the Minister at the Korean Mission in Geneva fifteen years ago‚ I was actively engaged in a host of conferences and negotiations‚ including the 2000 NPT Review Conference‚ the Verification Protocol of the Biological Weapons Convention‚ and the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) at the Conference on Disarmament (CD). Even now‚ as Foreign Minister‚ I find that experience invaluable. For me‚ the international disarmament and non-proliferation regime is an intricate canvas laced with political‚ legal and technical features ? for instance‚ the security consideration of states‚ universally applicable legal norms and the implementation and verification mechanisms underpinning the whole system.
For sure‚ this system was not created out of a political vacuum. It is the outcome of close international cooperation under favorable circumstances. Indeed‚ we can recall the post-Cold War period as a high-water mark‚ a time of hope for a virtuous cycle of disarmament and non-proliferation reinforcing global peace and security: first‚ indefinitely extending the NPT in 1995‚ second‚ opening the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996 and third‚ bringing the Chemical Weapons Convention into force in 1997.
In particular‚ at that time‚ the CTBT was speedily negotiated and the international community warmly welcomed its noble goals ? i.e.‚ curbing the development of nuclear weapons‚ setting up an international monitoring and verification mechanism‚ thereby ultimately leading us to usher in a nuclear zero world. It was rightly hailed as a historic milestone in strengthening the rule of law in nuclear non-proliferation‚ and as a major pillar for a more robust NPT system.
However‚ nineteen years on‚ the CTBT has yet to become law. It still remains a “sleeping beauty‚” bidding its time to wield its great potential. Even UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon‚ Chairman of the CTBTO PrepCom back in 1999‚ has expressed dismay and disappointment at this delay.
The ramifications of this situation are being felt around the world‚ but nowhere more acutely than in the Korean peninsula. Indeed‚ North Korea is the only country to have conducted nuclear weapon tests in the 21st century. At present‚ its nuclear weapons programs are the most serious challenge to the global non-proliferation regime. Despite international efforts‚ it is going down a misguided and anachronistic path‚ arguing that it can have both guns and butter.
Last March‚ North Korea chose the recent Conference on Disarmament meeting to unabashedly declare itself as “the youngest nuclear weapon state‚” and to threaten it could conduct a pre-emptive nuclear strike. And last month‚ its submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) ejection test hit the headlines‚ an example of its efforts to upgrade nuclear and missile capabilities.
Needless to say‚ for North Korea‚ guaranteeing security through nuk

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