Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the UN

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
• Economic and social Council (ECOSOC) 1993-1995, 1997-1999, 2003-2006, 2008-2010
• Human Rights Council (HRC) 2006-2011
• Commission on Human Rights (CHR) 1993-2004
• Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) 2009-2010
• Functional Commissions of ECOSOC
  • Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) 1963-1968, 1982-1985, 1992-2003, 2006-2009, 2012-2015 
  • Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 1994-2001, 2002-2006, 2006-2010, 2010-2014 
  • Commission on Population and Development (CPD) 1996-2001
  • Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) 1993-1995, 1999-2006, 2007-2010
  • Statistical Commission 2004-2007
  • Commission for Social Development (CSocD) 1996-2008, 2008-2012
  • Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) 2003-2005, 2006-2008, 2009-2011
  • Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) 1998-2001
• Subsidiary Organ of ECOSOC and GA
  • Commission for Programme and Coordination (CPC) 1993-2007, 2008-2010
• Governing Bodies for Funds and Programmes
  • UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 1988-1997, 2006-2008, 2009-2011, 2012-2014 
  • UN Women 2011-2013
  • President of the 2012 Executive Board of UN Women
  • UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board 1994-1995, 1998-2000, 2008-2010
  • UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) 1987-1989, 1994-2005, 2006-09
  • UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) 1997-2000, 2009-2012
• Governing Bodies of Special Agencies
  • International Labour Orgranization (ILO) 1996-2009, 2008-2011
  • Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) 1965-1967, 1989-2006, 2007-2009
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 1987-2003, 2007-2011, 2011-2015 
  • International Civil Aviation Organizational (ICAO) 2001-1007, 2007-2010
  • International Maritime Organization (IMO) 1991-2007, 2008-2009
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 1989-2006, 2006-2010
  • Universal Postal Union (UPU) 1989-2004
  • World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 2000, 2007-2011
  • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 1987-1999
  • International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 2008-2011
  • UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 1995-2003
  • Industrial Development Board 2007-2011
  • Programme and Budget Committee 2007-2009
  • World Health Organization (WHO) 1960-1963, 1984-1987, 1995-1998, 2001-2004, 2007-2010
• Other organizations
  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 1957-1959,1965-1967, 1973-1975, 1977-1979, 1981-1983
  • Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) 1997-2007, 2007-2009