UN’s Big Five should first disarm themselves

THE UN security council’s condemnation of the apparent underground nuclear test in North Korea was to be expected.

However, it seems hypocritical that France as one of the Big Five would join in the chorus of disdain from the four other members — who are nuclear powers themselves.

In 1996, France, under the presidency of Jacques Chirac, carried out the testing of nuclear weapons to much criticism and a temporary embargo on French wine. What punishment!