North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong, sharply criticized the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a "most unfair" meeting held over Pyongyang's failed spy satellite launch, state media reported on Sunday.
"I am very unpleased that the UNSC so often calls to account the DPRK's exercise of its rights as a sovereign state at the request of the US," Kim Yo-jong said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency, referring to North Korea by its official name.
"(I) bitterly condemn and reject it as the most unfair and biased act of interfering in its internal affairs and violating its sovereignty," she noted.
North Korea's new Chilima-1 missile carrying a spy satellite lost power and crashed into the sea with its payload on Wednesday, Pyongyang said in a rare announcement on the same day, adding that another test would be carried out soon without specifying a date.
The United States and South Korea, close allies, denounced the launch, saying it violated UN resolutions that prevent a nuclear-armed country from conducting any tests using ballistic missile technology.
Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN assistant secretary-general for political affairs and peacebuilding, criticized the security council for its "lack of unity and action" against North Korea's frequent tests.
In his statement on Sunday, Kim Yo Jong also criticized the security council, but for being a "political appendage" of the US, saying the recent UN meeting was convened following the "gangster-like request " from the USA
She further mentioned that the UN Council was discriminatory since other nations have launched thousands of satellites that are already operating in space.
Her country's attempt to plant a spy satellite is a legitimate step in responding to military threats posed by the United States and its allies, according to Kim.
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