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General Assembly endorses inter-Korean peace process
United Nations (AFP) Oct 31, 2007 The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted by consensus a resolution endorsing efforts by Seoul and Pyongyang to advance the process of inter-Korean dialogue and reunification. The resolution welcomed and backed the October 2-4 summit in Pyongyang between the North and South Korean leaders, only the second in the history of the communist North and capitalist South. During the Pyongyang talks, South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il called in a declaration for a nuclear-free peninsula and a treaty to formally end the 1950-53 Korean War. Wednesday's assembly resolution on "peace, security and reunification on the Korean peninsula" was jointly sponsored by the two Koreas, in a fresh sign of the warming ties between the two neighbors. It described the Pyongyang summit as a "major milestone in improving inter-Korean relations and in advancing peace and common prosperity on the Korean peninsula and in the wider region as well." The 192-member assembly called on Seoul and Pyongyang to implement the summit declaration "fully and in good faith, thereby consolidating peace on the Korean peninsula and laying a solid foundation for peaceful reunification." The resolution invites UN member states to continue to assist "the process of inter-Korean dialogue, reconciliation and reunification so that it may contribute to peace and security not only on the Korean peninsula but also in northeast Asia and the world as a whole." Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
NKorea set to abandon nuke ambitions, Seoul says
Seoul (AFP) Oct 31, 2007North Korea will take the first step towards completely abandoning its nuclear ambitions when work starts soon to disable its atomic plants, South Korea's foreign minister said Wednesday. |
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