►▼ UN Bodies
Organization Name | Date Joined | Notes |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) | 1973 | |
World Health Organization (WHO) | 1973 | |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | 1974 | Withdrew membership in 1994 |
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) | 1974 | |
Universal Postal Union (UPU) | 1974 | |
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | 1974 | |
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) | 1975 | |
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) | 1975 | |
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | 1977 | |
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) | 1977 | |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | 1979 | |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) | 1981 | |
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | 1985 | |
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | 1985 | |
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) | 1986 | |
International Fund for Agricutural Development (IFAD) | 1986 | |
International Maritime Organization (IMO) | 1986 | |
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) | 1987 | |
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) | 1989 | |
United Nations (UN) | 1991 | |
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) | 1992 | |
United Nations Environment Programe (UNEP) | 1994 | |
Conference on Disarmament (CD) | 1996 |
►▼ Multilateral Inter-Government Organizations
Organization Name | Date Joined | Notes |
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) | 1947 | Joined through the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea prior to DPRK independence |
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) | 1948 | |
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) | 1954 | |
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) | 1956 | |
Joint Institute for Nuclear Reseach | 1956 | |
Organization for Co-Operation between Railways (OSJD) | 1956 | |
Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) | 1958 | |
Group of 77 (G-77) | 1964 | |
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) | 1973 | |
Asia-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) | 1974 | |
International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) | 1974 | Correspondent Member |
International Bureau of Education (IBE) | 1975 | |
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) | 1975 | |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) | 1978 | |
Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) | 1981 | |
International Bureau of Weights and Measures (IBWM) | 1981 | |
Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications | 1983 | |
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) | 1986 | Withdrew 1996 |
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) | 1987 | |
Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) | 1989 | |
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) | 1995 | |
The South Centre | 1995 | |
International Textile & Clothing Bureau (ITCB) | 1999 | |
International Telecommunications and Satellite Organization (ITSO or INTELSAT) | 2001 | |
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) | 2001 | |
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) | 2001 | |
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) | 2004 | Associate member |
Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) | 2007 | |
Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) | 2010 | |
International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) | 2013 |
►▼ Regional Organizations
Organization Name | Date Joined | Notes |
Intergovernmental Organization for Marketing Information and Technical Advisory Services for Fishery Products in the Asian and Pacific Region (INFOFISH) | 1987 | |
Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) | 1991 | |
Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) | 1994 | |
Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC) | 1995 | |
Greater Tumen Initiative | 1995 | Withdrew 2009 |
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) | 2000 | |
Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) | 2000 | |
Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific | 2009 | |
Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) | 2014 | Observer |
►▼ What are the sources for this data?
This list builds on a compilation provided by the South Korean Unification Ministry's NK Info website (in Korean), and is supplemented with data compiled through news reports, websites of the concerned organizations, and data from the UN Treaty Collection.
►▼ What major international organizations is North Korea not a member of?
North Korea is not a member of most international financial institutions, including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank, or Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. North Korea is also not a member of the World Trade Organization, World Customs Organization, or the International Labor Organization.
North Korea is not a party to several international institutions focused on arms control and nonproliferation, such as the Organization for the Prohibition for Chemical Weapons, the Wassenaar Arrangement, or the Missile Technology Control Regime. North Korea withdrew from the IAEA in 1994.
Although North Korea is a member of the ASEAN Regional Forum, it is not a participant in the East Asia Summit.