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The
Security Council of the United Nations
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and ...
(UNSC) has adopted 21
resolutions concerning
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
. Five resolutions were adopted during the
Korean War
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in the 1950s.
In 1991, a single resolution was adopted regarding North Korea's accession to
membership
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in the
UN. Since then, many resolutions have been adopted in relation to the
North Korean missile and
nuclear program.
Background
* The UN Security Council toughens the sanctions in response to North Korea's nuclear and missile tests.
* The
sanctions on North Korea are mainly economic in nature, regulating North Korea's economic activities such as trade with China. The resolutions' sanction mainly 'demands North Korea refrain from further nuclear or missile tests and return to the NPT'. Moreover, the sanctions resolutions try to ban North Korea's ability of exporting their natural resources such as coal and iron ore, and prohibit member states' exports to North Korea, actions which may contribute to North Korea's further nuclear and missile tests.
* The UN Security Council tries to urge North Korea for denuclearization, a measure that has proven to be ineffective in preventing further nuclear and missile tests.
* Meanwhile, the most severe sanction of the UNSC is found to be a ban on crude oil exports to North Korea, but such sanction has not been executed yet. The first step for such sanctions to proceed is the achievement of a consensus between member states and international society.
List
See also
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China–North Korea relations
The bilateral relations between People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) (, ko, 조중 관계, translit=Chojung Kwangye) have been generally friendly, although they were sometimes strained in recent y ...
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Foreign relations of North Korea
The foreign relations of North Korea – officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) – have been shaped by its conflict with South Korea and its historical ties with world communism. Both the government of North Korea and th ...
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Human rights in North Korea
The human rights record of North Korea is often considered to be the worst in the world and has been globally condemned, with the United Nations, the European Union and groups such as Human Rights Watch all critical of the country's record. Most ...
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Korea and the United Nations
The Republic of Korea (commonly known as ''South Korea'') and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as ''North Korea'') were simultaneously admitted to the United Nations (UN) in 1991. On 8 August 1991, the UN Security Cou ...
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North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North Korea has a Korean People's Army, military nuclear weapon program, nuclear weapons program and, as of early 2020, is estimated to have an nuclear arsenal, arsenal of approximately 30 to 40 nuclear weapons and sufficient production of f ...
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United Nations General Assembly resolution
A United Nations General Assembly resolution is a decision or declaration voted on by all member states of the United Nations in the General Assembly.
General Assembly resolutions usually require a simple majority (50 percent of all votes plus o ...
s – including those related to the Korean War
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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 62/167
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 88
United Nations Security Council Resolution 88, adopted on November 8, 1950, in accordance with rule 39 of the provisional rules of procedure, the Council invited a representative of the People's Republic of China to be present during the discussi ...
– concerning the
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
during the Korean War
References
External links
UN Security Council Resolutions on North Koreaat
Arms Control Association
The Arms Control Association is a United States-based nonpartisan membership organization founded in 1971, with the self-stated mission of "promoting public understanding of and support for effective arms control policies."
The group publishes th ...
United Nations Documents for DPRK (North Korea)at Security Council Report
UN Security Council Committee Established Pursuant to Resolution 1718 (2006)(Reports issued by the UN Panel of Experts, established to support of the Sanctions Committee in carrying out its mandate as specified in paragraph 12 of
resolution 1718)
Nuclear weaponsat
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
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United Nations
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North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...