20170904：美國代表在安理會之發言

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BBC說

「美國駐聯合國大使尼基·R·黑利週一在聯合國安理會上說，朝鮮領導人金正恩「是在討打」。

「我們已經拖得夠久了，不能再拖了。」

「已經到我們窮盡一切外交手段的時候了，免得為時已晚。」

根本不是重點

NIKKI HALEY (United States), underlining the importance of recounting history, recalled that, since the 1990s, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea had repeatedly failed to comply with testing obligations and the Council had responded with sanctions, including in 2017.  Despite efforts of the past 24 years, Pyongyang’s nuclear missile programme was more now dangerous than ever before.

“Enough is enough,” she said.  “We must now adopt the strongest possible measures.”  The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea wanted to be recognized as a nuclear power, but Kim Jong-un showed that he was “begging for war”.  While war was something the United States never wanted, she said, “we will defend our territory”.  The stakes could not be higher, she said, emphasizing that 24 years of sanctions and half-measures were not enough.