North Korea condemns multilateral sanction monitoring activity

North Korea has lashed out at a special sanctions monitoring team composed of multiple countries, calling its activities “illegal” and irrelevant to the United Nations, state media KCNA reported on Monday.
The Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team, composed of 11 countries including South Korea and the United States, is aimed at monitoring and reporting Pyongyang’s violations and evasions of sanctions imposed by United Nations Security Council Resolutions.
A press statement by North Korea’s permanent mission to the United Nations said that the United States was planning to hold a briefing session at U.N. headquarters, KCNA reported.
It said the body was “recklessly formed” outside the U.N. system and could not be recognised by the international community.