Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations

Korea's Activities in UN (Korea's Membership in UN Bodies)

• ●President of the 56th session of the General Assembly 2001-2002

• ●Security Council 1996-1997, 2013-2014

• ●Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 1993-1995, 1997-1999, 2003-2006, 2008-2010, 2011-2013, 2014-2016, 2017-2019, 2020-2022, 2023-2025

• ●Human Rights Council (HRC) 2006-2008, 2009-2011, 2013-2015, 2016-2018, 2020-2022

• ●Advisory Committee on Administration and Budgetary Questions(ACABQ) 2023-2025

• ●Committee on Contributions(COC) 2000-2002, 2003-2005, 2006-2008, 2012-2026

• ●Functional Commissions of ECOSOC

• ○Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) 1963-1968, 1982-1985, 1992-2003, 2006-2009, 2012-2015, 2016-2019, 2022-2025

• ○Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 1994-2001, 2002-2010, 2010-2014, 2014-2018, 2018-2022, 2023-2027

• ○Commission on Population and Development (CPD) 1996-2001

• ○Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) 1993-1995, 1999-2006, 2007-2010

• ○Statistical Commission 2004-2007, 2016-2019, 2020-2023

• ○Commission for Social Development (CSocD) 1996-2008, 2008-2012, 2012-2016, 2016-2020, 2020-2024

• ○Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) 2003-2005, 2006-2008, 2009-2011, 2013-2015, 2016-2018, 2021-2023

• ○Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) 1998-2001

• ○Commission on Human Rights (CHR) 1993-2007

• ○Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) 2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2019-2020, 2021-2022, 2023-2024

• ○Chair of the Peace Building Commission 2017

• ○Vice Chair of the Peace Building Commission 2016, 2018

• ○Commission for Programme and Coordination (CPC) 1993-2025

• ●Governing Bodies for Funds and Programmes

• ○UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 1988-1997, 2006-2008, 2009-2011, 2012-2014, 2015-2017, 2018-2020, 2021-2023

• ○UN Women 2011-2013, 2014-2016, 2017-2019, 2020-2022, 2023-2025

• ○President of the 2012 Executive Board of UN Women

• ○Vice President of the 2018 Executive Board of UN Women

• ○UN Development Programme(UNDP) 1994-1995, 1998-2000, 2008-2010, 2012-2014, 2016-2018, 2023-2025

• ○UN Population Fund(UNFPA) 1998-2000, 2008-2010, 2012-2014, 2016-2018, 2023-2025

• ○Vice President of the 2018 Executives Board of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS

• ○President of the 2019 Executives Board of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS

• ○UN Environmental Programme(UNEP) 1987-1989, 1994-2005, 2006-2009, 2010-2013, 2014-2017, 2018-2019.5.

• ○UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) 1997-2000, 2009-2012, 2016-2020

• ○Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf(CLCS) 1997-2012, 2012-2017, 2017-2023

• ○UN Commission on International Trade Law(UNCITRAL) 2004-2007, 2008-2013, 2019-2025

• ○International Law Commission (ILC) 2002-2006, 2012-2016, 2017-2022, 2023-2027

• ○International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Judge O-gon Kwon 2001-2005, 2005-2012, 2012-2016

• ○International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Judge Seon-ki Park 2004-2012

• ○International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) Judge Jin-hyun Paik 2009-2014, 2014-2023 (President 2017-2020)

• ○International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) Judge Seon-ki Park 2011-2014, 2016-2020

• ○Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) Judge Kang Jin Baik 2015-

• ●Governing Bodies of Special Agencies

• ○International Labour Organization (ILO) 1996-2005, 2005-2014, 2014-2017, 2017-2020

• ○Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) 1965-1967, 1989-12, 2012-2018

• ○United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 1987-2003, 2007-2011, 2011-2015, 2015-2019, 2019-2023

• ○International Civil Aviation Organizational (ICAO) 2001-2010, 2010-2013, 2013-2016, 2016-2019, 2019-2022, 2022-2025

• ○International Maritime Organization (IMO) 1991-2023

• ○International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 1989-2010, 2010-2014

• ○Universal Postal Union (UPU) 1990-2020

• ○World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 2000, 2007-2011, 2011-2015, 2015-2019

• ○World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 1987-

• ○International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 2008-2011

• ○UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 1995-2003

• ○Industrial Development Board 1998-2007, 2011-2012

• ○Programme and Budget Committee 1994-1997, 2003-2005

• ○World Health Organization (WHO) 1960-1963, 1984-1987, 1995-1998, 2001-2004, 2007-2012, 2013-2017, 2020-2023

• ○World Tourism Organization (WTO) 1980-1983, 1992-1995, 2004-2007, 2008-2011, 2012-2015, 2015-2019

• ●Other Organizations

• ○International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 1957-1959,1965-1967, 1973-1975, 1977-1979, 1981-1983, 1985-1989, 1991-1993, 1995-2001, 2003-2007, 2009-2011, 2011-2013, 2015-2017, 2017-2019

• ○Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) 1997-2011, 2011-2013, 2013-2015

• ○International Seabed Authority (ISA) 1996-1998, 1999-2001, 2002-2004, 2005-2010, 2011-2014, 2015-2018, 2019-2022, 2023-2026

• ○International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) 1995-

• ○International Criminal Court (ICC) - Judge Sang-hyun Song 2003-2006, 2006-2015 ; Judge Chang-ho Chung 2015-2024 ; ASP President O-gon Kwon 2017-2020