THIS year is a year of great significance, which greets the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Korea through her people's heroic resistance.
Korea, liberated from the Japanese brutal colonial plunder and subjugation, was brisk with their seething enthusiasm for building a free country, rich and strong, where national sovereignty was fully exercised.
Although liberation gave them great joy and happiness, but it was immediately subdued and frustrated by the division of their country into north and south, which the outside forces enforced on them. Since then a long period of 70 years has elapsed.
During this period, the world has advanced far and the times undergone tremendous changes, but the Korean people have not yet achieved their country's reunification, and their sufferings from it are growing from bad to worse with each day passing.
This tragedy they have been subjected to cannot be construed as a given fate; it is really a heart-breaking wound, which cannot be overlooked indifferently by anyone, regardless of where he lives on the globe, and if he treasures conscience and peace.
It is an obligation the times and history assigned to the world progressive people, not to mention the entire Korean people, and their unanimous aspiration, to put a period to Korea's division immediately, as it should not be condoned and allowed any longer.
Already last December, we, who are struggling in the Asia-Pacific region to support the Korean people in their just cause, called for designating the "Solidarity Period for Supporting the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea" in the meaningful year of 2015 the period from June, which marks the 15th anniversary of historic June 15th Joint Declaration, to October, which marks the 35th anniversary of presenting the proposal for founding a Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo.
With a view to further expanding and strengthening the international solidarity movement for Korea's reunification during this period, we appeal to the progressive people all over the world:
1. To Organize an International Movement Actively for Supporting Most Reasonable and Just Proposals Reunify Korea Independently and Peacefully.
The three principles of Korea's reunification, the 10-point Program of the Great Unity of the Whole Nation and the Proposal for Founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo are the charters for reunification that clearly show the fundamental principles and ways of Korea's reunification.
These three charters are enjoying fervent support and sympathy not only from all the Korean people in the north and the south, but from the international community, as they are based on the historic lessons and practical experiences the Korean people gained through their past long struggle for national reunification and reflect the present realities and demand in a most correct way.
Let's extend full support to the Korean people in their struggle to reunify the country on the basis of the three principles of independence, peace and great national unity.
Let's bring the broad masses of people to understand that a most realistic way of realizing Korea's reunification is to form a federal state, leaving intact the ideology and social systems in the north and the south as they are, and thus turn out actively in a drive for the materialization of federacy.
Let's arouse public opinion extensively to prove justness and vitality of the three charters through various means of publications, the mass media and internet.
2. To Extend Firm Solidarity to the Korean people in Their Struggle to Remove Danger of War, Ease Tensions and Create Peaceful Environment on the Korean Peninsula.
Peaceful environment is a prerequisite for reunification on the Korean peninsula.
As long as war exercises are being staged against the other side and hostile policies pursued unilaterally, neither dialogue, nor negotiation can be held on the basis of mutual trust, and accordingly neither peace nor reunification of Korea be realized. It is a self-evident fact to everyone.
Let's launch a mass drive positively for the cessation of large-scale joint military exercises annually held by the U.S. and south Korea, the key factor of the aggravation of tensions on the Korean peninsula.
Let's organize various protest moves for nullifying the anachronistic hostile policy of the U.S. against the DPR Korea, the main obstacle to Korea’s reunification.
Let's bring about international public opinion for withdrawing the U.S. forces from south Korea and urging the U.S. to respond affirmatively to the call for the durable peace mechanism on the Korean peninsula.
Let's create an atmosphere of rejecting all forms of sanctions against the sovereignty of the DPR Korea and the "human rights" rackets, that should serve only as an ignitor of another war.
Let's struggle more dynamically to terminate the U.S. provocative acts of another war in this year that marks the 65th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean war, observing "the Month of Anti-U.S. Joint Struggle between June 25-July 27" meaningfully in this connection.
Let's stage a campaign urging the United Nations and governments of all countries, to come out for the improvement of the DPRK-U.S. relations.
3. To Conduct Many-Sided Activities Dedicated to the Implementation of Joint Declarations Adopted by the North and South of Korea.
The June 15 Joint Declaration and October 4 Declaration, agreed upon by the North and the South at the summit meetings, are the great reunification program of historic significance which pulled down all the barriers of confrontation between the two sides and ushered in a new era of reunification.
The agreed provisions in those declarations reflect the firm will and desire of the Korean nation for reunification, peace and prosperity, and their truthfulness and justness have been fully verified in realities.
However, the present south Korean conservative regime totally negated the historic declarations which brought about the heyday of reconciliation and cooperation between the north and south of Korea, and is now enforcing more outrageously anti-reunification policies of confrontation that incite the mistrust and discord between the two sides.
Let's take the occasions of their anniversary days to organize energetically world-wide mass campaigns demanding the implementation of the declarations.
Let's denounce strongly all the attempts of separatist forces to block the way of implementing the declarations and obliterate their historical significance.
Let's stage vigorous solidarity movements for supporting the Korean people in their struggle to reunify the country under the ideal of "By Our Nation Itself."
Let's build up an international public opinion against the so-called “unification policy” of the south Korean authorities, which worsens the north-south relations to the extreme and seeks confrontation and unification of systems.
4. Let's Unfold the Movement for Supporting the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea in an Organized Way and on a Global Scale, with the Participation of Broader Masses of the People.
The movement for support and encouragement dedicated to Korea’s independent and peaceful reunification can display greater strength when the world progressive people join their efforts as a united force.
Let's organize more committees for supporting Korea’s reunification in all parts of the world.
Let's expand the present committees for supporting Korea’s reunification and other organizations for friendship and solidarity with the Korean people in different countries, to be more powerful and influential ones, by rallying wider range of people around themselves.
Let the progressive political parties and organizations in all countries, and international NGOs, also dynamically unfold their solidarity movement for the reunification cause of the Korean people.
Let the influential personalities and organizations in the political and public circles, and the circles of academy, law, and the arts and literature, join in the movement for Korea’s reunification with their tangible actions.
World Peace Lovers Who Aspire after Independence and Peace!
The struggle for extending support and encouragement to the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea leads up to the way of realizing the desire of the world progressive people to enjoy freedom and equality, and justice and peace, that settle down permanently on the globe, free from aggression and war.
The times and history closely follow what we are doing, and billions of people the world over stand by us, that is, on the side of justice and conscience.
Firmly believing that the Korean people will surely bring about the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea under the wise leadership of Respected His Excellency Kim Jong Un, we are confident that all progressive people across the world will extend full support and solidarity to the cause of the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea, for the building of a new world, free and prosperous, and the happiness of mankind.
Asia-Pacific regional office, Committee of Supporting Korean Reunification
March 08, 2015
Yours in solidarity,
Ms Norma G. Binas (Northeast and Southeast Asia)
Mr. Raymond Ferguson (Oceania)
Mr. Javed Ansari (South and Southwest Asia)
Joint Secretaries,
Asia-Pacific Regional Committee to Support Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea
Let's Launch More Vigorously an International Solidarity Movement For the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea
