N. Korea slams multination statement backing anti-Pyongyang sanctions as 'strategic failure'

North Korea criticized Saturday a joint statement by the United States, South Korea and other partners backing continued enforcement of sanctions against Pyongyang, calling it a “strategic failure.” The statement, issued earlier this week by 11 countries and the European Union, reaffirmed monitoring of North Korea’s activities under U.N. Security Council sanctions. A North Korean foreign ministry spokesperson said sanctions and pressure would not work or affect the country’s position as a nuclear weapons state.

The joint statement highlighted findings by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team on North Korea’s illicit activities and welcomed new U.S., Australian and EU sanctions over cyberactivities and the dispatch of workers overseas.

The spokesperson said the United States and Western countries had lost the means and ability to prove sanctions’ effectiveness.

The Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team consists of 11 countries, including South Korea, the United States, Japan, Australia and Canada.

The team was established after Russia vetoed a resolution to extend the mandate of a U.N. expert panel, which was disbanded in April 2024.

Published Oct 31, 2026 11:18 am KST

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Korea Kim Son Gyong addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, Sept. 28. Reuters-Yonhap

North Korea blasted Saturday a joint statement recently issued by the United States, South Korea and other partner nations calling for continued enforcement of sanctions against Pyongyang's nuclear and weapons programs, branding the move as a "strategic failure."

A spokesperson from the North's foreign ministry issued the criticism in a statement, after 11 countries and the European Union (EU) released the joint statement earlier this week reaffirming their commitment to monitoring the North's activities in violation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions resolutions.

The joint statement also highlighted the findings of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) on the North's illicit activities and welcomed fresh independent sanctions imposed by the U.S., Australia and the EU over the North's cyberactivities and dispatch of its workers overseas to finance its nuclear weapons and missile programs.

"This is another case that reminds us that the hostile forces' bad habit of denying the constitutional status of our state," the spokesperson said in the statement carried by the North's Korean Central News Agency.

"The isolated are not us but the U.S. and the Western camp which have lost judgment and courage to admit their strategic failure despite the lack of their means and ability to prove the effectiveness of their sanctions," the official said.

The official went on to stress that "futile" sanctions and pressure will "never work" on North Korea, nor will they affect its position as a nuclear weapons state.

"Time proves that the 'sanctions' on the DPRK are doomed to go bankrupt," the spokesperson said. DPRK is short for the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

"(North Korea) vehemently denounces and rejects the U.S. and its vassal forces' ill-intended conspiratorial racket to justify their malicious and depraved hostile policy toward the DPRK under unjust and unreasonable pretexts," the spokesperson said.

The MSMT was established after a U.N. expert panel, tasked with monitoring sanctions enforcement, was disbanded in April 2024 due to Russia's veto of a resolution to extend its mandate. It consists of 11 countries, including South Korea, the United States, Japan, Australia and Canada.

朝鲜周六批评美国、韩国和其他伙伴国发表的联合声明，称其支持继续对平壤实施制裁，并称之为“战略失败”。这份由11个国家和欧盟于本周早些时候发表的声明重申了根据联合国安理会制裁对朝鲜活动进行监控的立场。朝鲜外务省发言人表示，制裁和施压不会奏效，也不会影响朝鲜作为核武器国家的地位。

联合声明重点介绍了多边制裁监督小组对朝鲜非法活动的调查结果，并对美国、澳大利亚和欧盟就朝鲜网络活动和向海外派遣劳工实施的新制裁表示欢迎。

发言人表示，美国和西方国家已经失去了证明制裁有效性的手段和能力。

多边制裁监督小组由11个国家组成，包括韩国、美国、日本、澳大利亚和加拿大。

该团队是在俄罗斯否决了延长联合国专家小组任务期限的决议后成立的，该小组于 2024 年 4 月解散。

发布于2026年10月31日上午11:18（韩国标准时间）

9月28日，朝鲜外务省副相金善京在纽约联合国总部出席第81届联合国大会并发表讲话。（路透社-韩联社）

朝鲜周六猛烈抨击了美国、韩国和其他伙伴国家最近发表的联合声明，该声明呼吁继续执行对平壤核武器计划的制裁，称此举是“战略失败”。

朝鲜外交部发言人在一份声明中提出了批评。此前，11个国家和欧盟于本周早些时候发表联合声明，重申将监督朝鲜违反联合国安理会制裁决议的活动。

联合声明还重点介绍了多边制裁监督小组（MSMT）对朝鲜非法活动的调查结果，并对美国、澳大利亚和欧盟就朝鲜的网络活动以及向海外派遣人员为其核武器和导弹计划提供资金而实施的新独立制裁表示欢迎。

“这又是一个提醒我们敌对势力否认我国宪法地位的恶劣行径的案例，”朝鲜中央通讯社发布的声明中，发言人表示。

这位官员说：“被孤立的不是我们，而是美国和西方阵营，他们已经丧失了判断力和勇气，不敢承认自己的战略失败，尽管他们既没有手段也没有能力证明其制裁的有效性。”

这位官员接着强调，“徒劳的”制裁和施压对朝鲜“永远不会奏效”，也不会影响其作为核武器国家的地位。

发言人表示：“时间证明，对朝鲜的‘制裁’注定失败。”朝鲜民主主义人民共和国是朝鲜的正式国名。

发言人表示：“（朝鲜）强烈谴责和反对美国及其附庸势力以不公正、不合理的借口，为针对朝鲜民主主义人民共和国的恶意、堕落的敌对政策进行恶意阴谋宣传。”

联合国制裁监督管理小组（MSMT）是在负责监督制裁执行情况的联合国专家小组于2024年4月因俄罗斯否决延长其任务期限的决议而解散后成立的。MSMT由11个国家组成，包括韩国、美国、日本、澳大利亚和加拿大。