On This Day – 27th April Panmunjom Declaration

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  • The Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula was adopted between the Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, and the President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, on April 27, 2018.
  • It was adopted during the 2018 inter-Korean Summit on the South Korean side of the Peace House in the Joint Security Area.
  • According to the declaration, the governments of North Korea and South Korea agreed to cooperate on officially ending the Korean War and the Korean conflict.
  • Beginning a new era of peace and sharing commitments in ending divisions and confrontation by approaching a new era of national reconciliation, peace, reunification and prosperity and improvements to inter-Korean communication and relations.
  • This declaration agreed that both sides would “make active efforts to seek the support and cooperation of the international community for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula”.
  • The declaration was submitted to the United Nations General Assembly on September 6, 2018.
  • The two leaders solemnly declared before the 80 million Korean people and the whole world that there will be no more war in Korea and thus a new era of peace has begun.
  • Promote common prosperity and reunification of Korea through dramatic improvement and development of inter-Korean relations:
    • Continue high-level working-level talks for the full implementation of the agreement.
    • Establishment of Joint Liaison Office in Gaeseong between South and North Korea.
    • Multilateral cooperation and exchange.
    • Inter-Kor
    • The Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula was adopted between the Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, and the President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, on April 27, 2018.
    • It was adopted during the 2018 inter-Korean Summit on the South Korean side of the Peace House in the Joint Security Area.
    • According to the declaration, the governments of North Korea and South Korea agreed to cooperate on officially ending the Korean War and the Korean conflict.
    • Beginning a new era of peace and sharing commitments in ending divisions and confrontation by approaching a new era of national reconciliation, peace, reunification and prosperity and improvements to inter-Korean communication and relations.
    • This declaration agreed that both sides would “make active efforts to seek the support and cooperation of the international community for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula”.
    • The declaration was submitted to the United Nations General Assembly on September 6, 2018.
    • The two leaders solemnly declared before the 80 million Korean people and the whole world that there will be no more war in Korea and thus a new era of peace has begun.
    • Promote common prosperity and reunification of Korea through dramatic improvement and development of inter-Korean relations:
      • Continue high-level working-level talks for the full implementation of the agreement.
      • Establishment of Joint Liaison Office in Gaeseong between South and North Korea.
      • Multilateral cooperation and exchange.
      • Inter-Korean Red Cross talks and reunions of separated-families on 15 August 2018.
      • Connecting and modernizing roads with Donghae and Gyeongui railways.
    • Elimination of military tension and substantial elimination of war risk
      • Cease all hostile acts
      • Designed as a peace zone in the western part of the west coast
      • Establishment of military mutual guarantee measures through high-rank military-level talks
    • Establishing a permanent and peaceful Korean peninsula peace regime
      Inviolable agreement

      • Stepwise disarmament
      • In celebration of the 65th anniversary of the Korean Armistice Agreement in 2018, South and North Korea co-operate closely with the US and China to establish a peace treaty on the Korean peninsula after ending the 1953 Korean War.
      • Finalise the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula
    • ean Red Cross talks and reunions of separated-families on 15 August 2018.
    • Connecting and modernizing roads with Donghae and Gyeongui railways.
  • Elimination of military tension and substantial elimination of war risk
    • Cease all hostile acts
    • Designed as a peace zone in the western part of the west coast
    • Establishment of military mutual guarantee measures through high-rank military-level talks
  • Establishing a permanent and peaceful Korean peninsula peace regime
    Inviolable agreement

    • Stepwise disarmament
    • In celebration of the 65th anniversary of the Korean Armistice Agreement in 2018, South and North Korea co-operate closely with the US and China to establish a peace treaty on the Korean peninsula after ending the 1953 Korean War.
    • Finalise the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula