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| February 23, 2004 |
Northeast Asia Urges Peaceful Resolution at Six-Nation Talks on Nuclear Crisis |
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Members of civil society organizations (CSOs) from China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, have made a joint appeal for a peaceful resolution to the problems posed by the nuclear weapons crisis on the Korean Peninsula at the upcoming six-nation talks on February 25 in Beijing.
Appealing to Presidents George W. Bush, Roh Moo-Hyun, Hu Jin Tao, Vladimir Putin, Chairman Kim Jong-il and Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro, in the lead-up to the second round of multilateral negotiations that will revolve around the question of North Korea's nuclear programme, members of Northeast Asian civil society have called for a constructive and cooperative approach by all parties.
Of central importance in the Open Letter is that the hopes and views of the Korean people - both of the North and South - be the underpinning consideration in any policy formation, "clearly note that the Korean people's desire is not war, but reconciliation, cooperation, peace-building and reunification".
The common voices from the Northeast Asian region also call for the United States to provide a security guarantee to ensure that potential armed conflict is averted, and for the US and Japan "to immediately lift economic sanctions on the DPRK." To North Korea - the message is equally strong: "The DPRK must abandon its nuclear weapons program and restore its membership to the Non-Proliferation Treaty."
The 20 signatories include key members of peace and anti-nuclear non-governmental organizations (NGOs), think-tanks, universities and the legal community. Most of them are participants in the Northeast Asia regional consultation on The Role of Civil Society in the Prevention of Armed Conflict - which is part of an international process, the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), to further engage civil society in the prevention of armed conflict.
Read the Open Letter to Six-Nation Heads of State regarding the Nuclear Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
Northeast Asia Consultation on the Role of Civil Society in the Prevention of Armed Conflict
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