The UN’s registration of North Korea’s most recent satellite as part of the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space does not give it legitimacy, according to a letter from Secretary General Ban KI-moon.
Writing to inform the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) of the registration last week, the Secretary General said the procedure was only a technicality.
The UN’s registration of North Korea’s most recent satellite as part of the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space does not give it legitimacy, according to a letter from Secretary General Ban KI-moon.
Writing to inform the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) of the registration last week, the Secretary General said the procedure was only a technicality.
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