North Korea dismisses UN nuclear watchdog resolution

The country rebukes the UN atomic agency’s ‘double standards’ and says nuclear status is ‘irreversible’.

Al JazeeraAl Jazeera Staff2026-09-19 03:29查看原文 ↗

The country rebukes the UN atomic agency’s ‘double standards’ and says nuclear status is ‘irreversible’.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on projects in the defence industry sector, in a picture released by the country's official Korean Central News Agency on September 19, 2026 [Handout/KCNA via Reuters]

The North Korean Foreign Ministry has dismissed a resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that criticises Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme.

The ministry said on Saturday that its status as a nuclear power is irreversible and backed by its nuclear deterrent, according to a statement released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

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In a separate statement to KCNA, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, accused the nuclear watchdog of double standards.

The IAEA’s “biased viewpoint and double standards” are “the fundamental factor causing the collapse of the international nuclear non-proliferation system”, she said.

Kim Yo Jong said the UN nuclear watchdog had turned a blind eye to the “blatant nuclear proliferation activities” of the United States and South Korea’s “nuclear submarine introduction plan”, while the agency forcibly adopted a resolution against North Korea’s “self-defensive and legitimate nuclear activities”.

The North Korean Foreign Ministry also accused “hostile forces” of seeking to bring an end to the country’s nuclear programme during this week’s general conference of the IAEA.

“Pitifully, the ‘resolution’ cooked up by the US and the West has no effect on the DPRK’s position as a nuclear weapons state,” a foreign ministry spokesperson said, referring to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, its official name.

The state media also reported that Kim Jong Un carried out a three-day inspection tour of major munitions factories this week.

Analysts say North Korea has been overhauling its military with Russian help since the two countries signed a mutual defence treaty in 2024. They say combat experience gained by Pyongyang’s troops deployed to the war in Ukraine has also aided the effort.

Kim Jong Un also gave a lecture to a propaganda workers’ training session in Pyongyang on Friday, KCNA reported, telling attendees modern “ideological warfare” needed to be innovative, creative and aggressive rather than repeating old methods.

While Kim Yo Jong rebuked what she called double standards favouring the US and South Korea, both countries have recently said they want to improve relations with North Korea.

On Friday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said that US President Donald Trump wants dialogue with Pyongyang, and Seoul will work to facilitate potential talks.

Trump, seeking to revive the bond he forged with Kim Jong Un in his first term, said last month that he plans to meet the North Korean leader later this year.

The US president said it was important to “get along” with Kim, adding that Pyongyang now had 57 “very powerful” nuclear weapons.

该国谴责联合国原子能机构的“双重标准”，并表示其核地位是“不可逆转的”。

2026年9月19日，朝鲜官方通讯社朝中社发布照片，照片中朝鲜领导人金正恩正在就国防工业领域的项目提供指导。[图片由朝中社提供，经路透社发布]

朝鲜外交部驳斥了国际原子能机构（IAEA）批评平壤核武器计划的决议。

据朝中社（KCNA）发布的一份声明称，朝鲜国防部周六表示，其核大国地位不可逆转，并有核威慑力量作为后盾。

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朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹金与正另行向朝中社发表声明，指责核监督机构采取双重标准。

她表示，国际原子能机构的“偏见观点和双重标准”是“导致国际核不扩散体系崩溃的根本因素”。

金与正表示，联合国核监督机构对美国和韩国的“核潜艇引进计划”的“公然核扩散活动”视而不见，而该机构却强行通过了一项反对朝鲜“自卫和合法核活动的决议”。

朝鲜外交部也在本周的国际原子能机构大会上指责“敌对势力”企图终止该国的核计划。