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United Nations Security Council resolution 702, adopted without a vote on 8 August 1991, after examining separately the applications of the
Democratic People's Republic of 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 Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...
(North Korea) and the
Republic of Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its ea ...
(South Korea) for membership in the United Nations, the Council recommended to the
General Assembly A general assembly or general meeting is a meeting of all the members of an organization or shareholders of a company. Specific examples of general assembly include: Churches * General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of pres ...
that North Korea and South Korea be admitted. On 17 September 1991, the General Assembly admitted both countries under Resolution 46/1.


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Member states of the United Nations The United Nations member states are the sovereign states that are members of the United Nations (UN) and have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. The UN is the world's largest intergovernmental organization. The criteria ...
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List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 701 to 800 This is a list of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 701 to 800 adopted between 31 July 1991 and 8 January 1993. See also * Lists of United Nations Security Council resolutions * List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions ...
(1991–1993) * List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning North Korea *
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 Coun ...


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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
0702 History of North Korea History of South Korea Korea and the United Nations 0702 0702 0702 August 1991 events 1991 in South Korea 1991 in North Korea {{UN-resolution-stub