Recent Developments

North and South Korea have agreed to hold high-level military talks in February 2011. The talks, the first between the countries' defence ministers since late 2007, could pave the way for the resumption of multinational negotiations on North Korea's nuclear weapon programme. (Source: Justin McCurry, "North and South Korea to hold military talks," The Guardian, 21 January 2011.) Click here for news and developments since 2005.

• Background
• The Players
• Key Issues

Letter dated 3 September 2009 from the Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (pdf), 4 September 2004.

UN Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009) (pdf), adopted by the UNSC at its 6141st meeting, 12 June 2009.

Joint Statement from the Third Session of the Fifth Round of the Six-Party Talks , 13 February 2007.

UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006) (pdf), adopted by the UNSC at its 5551st meeting, 14 October 2006.

Joint Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks, Beijing, 19 September 2005.

IAEA Board of Governors, “ Chairman’s Conclusion on Item 5 (b): Nuclear Verification ,” Report by the Director General on the implementation of safeguards in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 3 March 2005.

International Atomic Energy Agency – In Focus: IAEA and DPRK


IAEA Fact Sheet on DPRK Safeguards

Complete Text of the 1994 Agreement between the United States and North Korea

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