S/RES/2375 (2017)
United Nations
Security Council
Distr.: General
11 September 2017
Resolution 2375 (2017)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 8042nd meeting, on
11 September 2017
The Security Council,
Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, including resolution 825 (1993),
resolution 1695 (2006), resolution 1718 (2006), resolution 1874 (2009), resolution
1887 (2009), resolution 2087 (2013), resolution 2094 (2013), resolution 2270
(2016), resolution 2321 (2016), resolution 2356 (2017), resolution 2371 (2017) as
well as the statements of its President of 6 October 2006 (S/PRST/2006/41),
13 April 2009 (S/PRST/2009/7), 16 April 2012 (S/PRST/2012/13), and 29 August
2017 (S/PRST/2017/16),
Reaffirming that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, as
well as their means of delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and
security,
Expressing its gravest concern at the nuclear test by the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (“the DPRK”) on September 2, 2017 in violation of resolutions
1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016),
2356 (2017), and 2371 (2017) and at the challenge such a test constitutes to the
Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (“the NPT”) and to international
efforts aimed at strengthening the global regime of non -proliferation of nuclear
weapons, and the danger it poses to peace and stability in the region and beyond,
Underlining once again the importance that the DPRK respond to other
security and humanitarian concerns of the international community and expressing
great concern that the DPRK continues to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic
missiles by diverting critically needed resources away from the people in the DPRK
who have great unmet needs,
Expressing its gravest concern that the DPRK’s ongoing nuclear - and ballistic
missile-related activities have destabilized the region and beyond, and determining
that there continues to exist a clear threat to international peace and security,
Underscoring its concern that developments on the Korean Peninsula could
have dangerous, large-scale regional security implications,
Underscoring its commitment to the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and
political independence of all States in accordance with the Charter, and recalling the
purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
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