List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning North Korea



The Security Council of the United Nations (UNSC) has adopted 21 resolutions concerning North Korea. Five resolutions were adopted during the Korean War in the 1950s.

In 1991, a single resolution was adopted regarding North Korea's accession to membership in the UN. Since then, many resolutions have been adopted in relation to the North Korean missile and nuclear program.

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 sanctions which regulate North Korea's economic activities such as trade with China. The resolutions' sanction is mainly about 'demands North Korea refrain from further nuclear or missile tests and return to the NPT'. Moreover, the sanctions resolutions try to regulate ban the exports of North Korea's natural resources such as coal and iron ore, and prohibit member states' export to North Korea which may contribute to North Korea's further nuclear and missile tests. The UN Security Council tries to urge North Korea for denuclearisation but it has been ineffective to prevent further nuclear and missile tests. Meanwhile, the most sever sanction of the UNSC is found to be a ban on crude oil exports to North Korea but it has not been done yet. In order to proceed the sanctions, the consensus between member states and international society is the first step to be made.

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{{Legend|#faa|Related to the Korean War|outline=silver}} {{Legend|#DFDFFF|Related to UN membership|outline=silver}} {{Legend|#FFD|Related to non-proliferation|outline=silver}}