https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goV9AL3jbJk
Speaking during the interactive dialogue on North Korea (March 13, 2026), UN Watch details how Kim Jong Un’s regime has transitioned from domestic repression to active participation in international conflicts-supplying Russia with ballistic missiles, artillery, and troops for the war in Ukraine, and aligning with Iran to destabilize the Middle East.
Full Speech:
Luis Pelaez (UN Watch): Madam Vice President,
The DPRK remains one of the world’s most repressive states. A system of political prison camps, collective punishment, forced labor, and total control over information continues to deny millions of North Koreans their most basic human rights.
But the danger posed by Kim Jong Un and his generals does not stop at their borders.
Today, the DPRK is actively supporting global aggression. It has supplied Russia with ballistic missiles, artillery, ammunition, and even troops used in attacks against Ukrainian cities, helping sustain Moscow’s illegal invasion and the suffering of countless civilians.
At the same time, Pyongyang continues to align itself with the Islamic Republic of Iran as it recklessly attacks countries across the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cyprus, and Israel. The DPRK has long provided missile technology and political backing to the IRGC as it terrorizes its own people and, indeed, the world.
This pattern reveals a troubling reality: the DPRK is not only a prison for its own population-it is also a partner in a growing axis of authoritarian governments that fuel conflict and undermine international peace and security.
We urge the Council and the international community to confront this threat and ensure accountability for the dictatorship’s crimes against its own people and its destabilizing actions abroad.
Thank you.
