WASHINGTON (AN) — A peace treaty and nuclear disarmament on the Korean Peninsula would expand one of North Korea's most important conduits to the world besides China: its sizable but little-known involvement with international organizations.
That would be a key outcome if the summit in Singapore between the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, and U.S. President Donald Trump leads towards denuclearization, peace and a withdrawal of the international sanctions weighing on North Korea's moribund economy.
Nuclear Security & WMD — In Depth — Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific — ASEAN Regional Forum — Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission — Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering — Asia Pacific Telecommunity — Asia-African Legal Consultative Organization — Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union — Basel Convention — Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances — Berne Convention — Budapest Treaty — Bureau International des Expositions — Canada — Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity — Center for Agriculture and Biosciences International — Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation — China — Codex Alimentarius Commission — Common Fund for Commodities — Conference on Disarmament — World Heritage Convention — Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage — Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency — Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident — FAL Convention — Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space — Convention on Special Missions — Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women — Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea — Convention on the Non-applicability of Statutory Limitations — Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities — Convention on the Rights of the Child — Convention on the Safety of U.N. Personnel — Tokyo Convention — European Union — FIFA — Food and Agriculture Organization — France — Geneva Conventions — The Global Fund — Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries — Group of 77 — Hague Agreement — Insured Letters Agreement — Inter-Parliamentary Union — Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network — Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission — INFOFISH — International Atomic Energy Agency — International Bureau of Education (IBE-UNESCO) — International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) — International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) — International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) — International Convention Against Doping in Sport 2007 — International Convention for Safe Containers 1972 — International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1980 — International Convention on Load Lines 1968 — International Convention on Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1984 — International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships 1969 — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1976 — International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 1976 — International Electrotechnical Commission — International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) — International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) — International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) — International Maritime Organization (IMO) — International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) — International Monetary Fund — International Organization for Standardization (ISO) — International Organization of Legal Metrology — International Plant Protection Convention 1952 — International Telecommunication Union (ITU) — International Telecommunications and Satellite Organization — International Textile & Clothing Bureau — International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 2001 — Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications — ITU Constitution and Convention 1959 — Japan — Joint Institute for Nuclear Research — Korean War Armistice Agreement 1953 — Kyoto Protocol to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change 2005 — Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration 1958 — Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs 1979 — Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks 1979 — Marrakesh Treaty 2013 — Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 1989 — Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol 1982 — Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia and the Pacific 1988 — Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) — Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks 1957 — Non-Aligned Movement — North Korea — Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children Child Prostitution and Child Pornography 2002 — Organization for Cooperation between Railways — Paris Agreement 2015 — Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1979 — Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia — Patent Cooperation Treaty 1978 — Patent Law Treaty 2000 — Plant Protection Agreement for the Asia and Pacific Region 1956 — Poland — Postal Parcels Agreement 1974 — Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks 1989 — Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies 1983 — Rotterdam Convention 2004 — Russia — Singapore — Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks 2009 — Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication — South Center — South Korea — Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 2004 — Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification 1979 — Subscriptions to Newspapers and Periodicals Agreement 1974 — Svalbard Treaty 1925 — Sweden — Switzerland — U.N. Trade and Development (UNCTAD) — U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 — U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 1996 — U.N. Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) — U.N. Development Program (UNDP) — U.N. Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) — U.N. Environment (UNEP) — U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 1994 — U.N. Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) — U.N. International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) — U.N. Office for Project Services (UNOPS) — U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) — U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) — U.N. Security Council — UNESCO — UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property 1972 — UNICEF — United Nations — Universal Postal Union (UPU) — Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 1988 — Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1967 — Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1964 — Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character 1975 — WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 2005 — World Bank Group — World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) — World Food Program (WFP) — World Health Organization — World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) — World Meteorological Organization (WMO) — World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) — World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) — World Trade Organization (WTO) — U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity 1993 — U.N. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 1951 — Internationally Protected Persons Convention (IPP)
