Remarks by Izumi Nakamitsu, Under Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, on threats to International Peace and Security during the 8602nd meeting of the Security Council. Addressing a Security Council briefing on the 18 August intermediate-range cruise missile test conducted by the US, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu today (22 Aug) said the recent collapse of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) “removed one of the few constraints on the development and deployment of a destabilizing and dangerous classes of missiles.”
Nakamitsu stressed “the INF Treaty’s ending should not be the catalyst for renewed and unconstrained competition in missile development, acquisition and proliferation.”
The disarmament official said, “preventing the spread and emergence of destabilizing weapons remains a vital unfinished task for the international community in our shared endeavor to preserve international peace, security and stability.”
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