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The Status of a State’s participation in treaties and organizations is defined in terms of its membership of and adherence to international organizations and treaties and agreements. A State Party fulfilled and implemented domestic legislative legal practices to bring about the legal application of the Treaty on the government and other entities to which the Treaty is applicable, such as formal approval by parliament or legislative bodies, and the Treaty is formally declared to be applicable on the State Party, and the required legal instrument of ratification has been duly deposited with the depositary. A Signatory State refers to a State whose competent authority or representative has affixed its signature to a Treaty text thus indicating acceptance of the Treaty and a commitment not to undertake any actions that would undermine the purpose of the Treaty, according to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, pending formal ratification. |
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On 13 June 1994, the DPRK, which had been an IAEA Member State since 1974, withdrew from its membership in the Agency. Although the withdrawal did not affect the DPRK obligations under its Safeguards Agreement, which in the Agency's view remains binding and in force, the DPRK took the position that it was in a special position with regard to the Safeguards Agreement and that it was no longer obliged to allow the inspectors to carry out their work under the Safeguards Agreement. |
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Membership requires ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention. |
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Created in 1995 to implement the 1994 US-DPRK Agreed Framework. |
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Announced its withdrawal from the NPT on 10 January 2003, stating then that its withdrawal "will come into force automatically and immediately" on the next day. Stated that it had suspended its 1994 withdrawal from the treaty on the last day of the required three-month notice period and thus did not need to give a further notice to other NPT parties and Security Council as required under Article X of the treaty. Although no statement to this effect has been issued by the NPT State Parties, the generally held view is that North Korea's withdrawal came into effect on 10 April 2003 when its three-month notice of withdrawal expired. |
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DPRK’s signature and ratification required for the CTBT to enter into force. |
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The IAEA Board of Governors on 1 April 1993 concluded that the DPRK was in non-compliance with its Safeguards Agreement and, in line with Article XII.C of the IAEA Statute, referred this non-compliance to the UN Security Council. |
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A set of voluntary confidence building measures agreed to at the Third Review Conference of the States party to the BTWC. |
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A number of States, including the DPRK, declared upon their accession to the Protocol that it would cease to be binding on them if their enemies, or the allies of their enemies, failed to respect the prohibitions of the Protocol. |
