By: Mark Leon Goldberg on May 25, 2009 From the UN News Center: “The Secretary-General is deeply concerned that this act will negatively affect regional peace and stability as well as the global nuclear non-proliferation regime,” his spokesperson said in a statement. Mr. Ban “trusts that the Security Council will take up this matter to send out a strong and unified message, conducive to achieving the goal of de-nuclearization of the Korean peninsula and peace and security in the region,” the statement added. Ban, remember, is the former foreign minister of South Korea. He’s seen this movie before.
