United Nations Security Council Resolution 702

UN Security Council Resolution 702
Location of North and South Korea
Date	8 August 1991
Meeting no.	3,001
Code	S/RES/702 (Document)
Subject	Admission of new Members to the UN: Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea
Result	Adopted without vote
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Soviet Union  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Austria  Belgium  Côte d'Ivoire  Cuba  Ecuador  India  Romania  Yemen  Zaire  Zimbabwe
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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) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) for membership in the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that North Korea and South Korea be admitted.

On 17 September 1991, the General Assembly admitted both countries under Resolution 46/1.^[1]

See also

• Member states of the United Nations
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 701 to 800 (1991–1993)
• List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning North Korea
• Korea and the United Nations

References

1. United Nations (1992). Yearbook of the United Nations 1991, Volume 45. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-7923-1970-2.

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 702 at Wikisource
• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org