米国連大使、日韓訪問で調整　今月中旬、北朝鮮対応を協議

　【ニューヨーク時事】米国のトーマスグリーンフィールド国連大使が今月中旬、北朝鮮対応を協議するため日韓両国を訪問する方向で調整していることが分かった。外交筋が４日、明らかにした。
　１４日の週を軸に計画している。国連では先月２８日、北朝鮮制裁決議の履行状況を調べる専門家パネルの任期延長決議案にロシアが拒否権を行使し、同パネルは今月末での活動停止を余儀なくされた。制裁監視体制の弱体化は必至で、トーマスグリーンフィールド氏は日韓両政府高官らと代替策などを話し合う見通し。（2024/04/05-07:11）

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield is planning to travel to Japan and South Korea this month to discuss responses to North Korea, diplomatic sources said Thursday.
   She is considering making the trip on the week of April 14 to discuss with senior officials from Tokyo and Seoul about alternatives to a U.N. expert panel on checking the implementation of international sanctions against North Korea.
   Russia vetoed on March 28 a U.N. Security Council resolution to extend the panel's mandate, forcing it to stop its activities at the end of this month.
   Also on Thursday, Japan, the United States and South Korea co-hosted an informal Security Council meeting on cybersecurity. They accused North Korea of acquiring funds for its nuclear and missile development through cyberattacks.
   The expert panel's latest report published last month said that "40 pct of the weapons of mass destruction programs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are funded by illicit cybermeans," using the official name of North Korea.