The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has issued a statement expressing its “grave concerns” over the lack of forewarning provided by North Korea when launching missiles, a statement shared with NK News on Friday shows.

The statement was adopted by the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) during the sitting of its ninety seventh session, which began November 21 and ended on November 25.

“The Maritime Safety Committee…received a report on numerous missile launches without any proper navigational warnings by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” the statement reads.

The MSC also “expressed its grave concern over those operations, which pose