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Former President Barack Obama has published his third memoir. He said he was able to obtain sanctions from the UN Security Council based on the international community’s confidence in the United States over the North Korean missile provocations during his presidency. This is Taek-Sung Oh.
The third memoir of former President Barack Obama was published on the 17th under the title “Land of Promises.”
In these memoirs, which document what happened during his eight-year presidency from 2009 to early 2017, former President Obama also brought up the issue of North Korea.
During his first year in office, in April 2009, in Prague, the Czech capital, “a world without nuclear weapons”, he said that the nuclear issue between North Korea and Iran was one of the reasons for his speech.
“It was because it was time to find a way to stop the progress of the two countries’ nuclear programs and to strengthen the pressures on both countries, including applicable economic sanctions.”
However, North Korea launched a long-range rocket a day before President Obama’s speech, and President Obama in his memoirs noted in his memoirs that “North Korea launched a long-range rocket into the Pacific Ocean, which he’s trying to get America’s attention. “
In an actual speech, former President Obama emphasized that North Korea violated the rules by firing rockets that could be used as long-range missiles, emphasizing that such threats and illegal weapons could never lead to safety and respect.
[녹취: 오바마 전 대통령 (2009년 4월)] “North Korea broke the rules once again by testing a rocket that could be used for long-range missiles … North Korea must know that the path to safety and respect will never come through threats and illegal weapons.”Former President Obama also explained the situation in which the United States has imposed sanctions against North Korea by the UN Security Council.
After North Korea launched its long-range rocket and carried out its second nuclear test in May 2009, the United States referred the matter to the UN Security Council.
At that time, UN Ambassador Susan Rice unanimously issued Resolution 1874 against North Korea on June 12.
Resolution 1874 against North Korea contained strong additional sanctions against North Korea, such as strengthening the search for cargo and the sea, strengthening financial and economic sanctions, and expanding the arms embargo.
Regarding the adoption of the Security Council resolution in his memoirs, former President Obama said: “He said he wanted many countries to appear to be working with the United States.”
He said that the results have been achieved thanks to the constant improvement and support of the attitude of the international community towards the United States since the inauguration of the Obama administration.
Former President Obama also explained that he discussed the North Korean issue with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and then Chinese President Hu Jintao and other leaders of Northeast Asian countries.
This is the third memoir published by President Obama: ‘Dreams Received From My Father’ in 2006, when the Senate was previously mentioned as the leader, and ‘Bold Hope’ in 2008, when he first ran for the presidential election.
This is Taeksung Oh, VOA News.
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