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WORLD NEWS Saturday 13 auguSt 2022
U.N. chief affirms support for denuclearized North Korea

By KIM TONG-HYUNG of strength, experts say.
Associated Press The U.S. and South Korean
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — governments have also
United Nations Secretary- said the North is gearing
General Antonio Guterres up to conduct its first nu-
on Friday proclaimed un- clear test since September
wavering U.N. commitment 2017, when it claimed to
to a fully denuclearized have detonated a nuclear
North Korea, even as a di- warhead designed for its
vided Security Council al- ICBMs.
lows more room for the iso- While the Biden administra-
lated country to expand its tion has said it would push
nuclear weapons and bal- for additional sanctions if
listic missile programs. North Korea conducts an-
Meeting South Korean other nuclear test, the pros-
President Yoon Suk Yeol in pects for meaningful puni-
Seoul, Guterres said he af- tive measures are unclear.
firms the U.N.’s “clear com- China and Russia recently
mitment to the full, verifi- vetoed U.S.-sponsored
able and irreversible denu- resolutions at the U.N. Se-
clearization of the Korean curity Council that would
Peninsula and DPRK,” using have increased sanctions
the initials of North Korea’s U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin pose for on the North over some of
a photo before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
formal name, the Demo- Associated Press its ballistic missile testing this
cratic People’s Republic of year, underscoring division
Korea. “There’s a funda- an Foreign Minster Park Jin, for South Korean efforts to called “gangster-like” U.S.- between the council’s per-
mental objective to bring who said the U.N.-led inter- stabilize peace in the pen- led pressure and sanctions. manent members that has
peace, security and sta- national community should insula, the Foreign Ministry The unusually fast pace deepened over Russia’s
bility to the whole region,” be communicating a stern said. North Korea has test- in weapons demonstra- war on Ukraine.
he told Yoon, while also and unified message to fired more than 30 ballistic tions also underscore brink- Guterres’ meetings with
praising South Korea’s par- North Korea that its nuclear missiles this year, including manship aimed at forcing South Korean officials came
ticipation in international ambitions won’t be toler- its first flights of interconti- Washington to accept the a day after North Korea
peacekeeping efforts and ated. Park called for the nental ballistic missiles since idea of North Korea as a claimed a widely disputed
fighting climate change. U.N.’s help in finding an ef- 2017, as leader Kim Jong nuclear power and ne- victory over COVID-19 but
Guterres, who arrived in fective solution to the North Un pushes to advance his gotiating badly needed also blamed rival South Ko-
South Korea on Thursday, Korean nuclear issue, and nuclear arsenal in the face sanctions relief and security rea for the outbreak, vow-
later met with South Kore- Guterres expressed support of what North Korea has concessions from a position ing “deadly” retaliation.q

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands jobs during the pandemic, have missed their flight due
(AP) — Amsterdam’s making it difficult to quickly to the long security con-
Schiphol Airport has ramp back up to serve the trol queue,” Schiphol CEO
launched a compensation new burst of travelers. “A Dick Benschop said in a
program for travelers who lot of people have really statement. “During these
missed their flights because been looking forward to special times and circum-
of lengthy delays that have their holidays abroad, es- stances, we must not let
plagued the busy Europe- pecially after two years of these people fall through
an hub for months. COVID. We’re extremely the cracks,” he added.q
Schiphol’s announcement sorry that some people
Thursday night heads off
a possible mass claim for
compensation by passen-
gers who saw their holiday
plans evaporate amid
hourslong queues for secu-
rity screening.
The Dutch airport was one
of several across Europe,
including London’s Heath-
row, that was plunged
into chaos by staff short-
ages and soaring demand
as air travel rebounded
strongly from two years of Travelers wait in long lines to check in and board flights at
COVID-19 restrictions. Air- Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, on June 21, 2022.
lines and airports slashed Associated Press