Sejak terpilih menjadi pemimpin tertinggi PBB, Ban menyatakan keinginannya untuk membantu mengatasi konflik mengenai masalah nuklir Korea Utara dengan Dewan Keamanan PBB, yang mengincar teknologi nuklir Pyongyang karena rejim komunis itu mendorong ambisi nuklirnya.
Since he was elected to the top UN leadership position, Ban has been saying that he wants to help resolve the conflict over North Korea's nuclear dispute with the UN Security Council, which has imposed targeted nuclear technology on the Pyongyang regime for pushing its nuclear ambitions.