Press release from Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK), a Pax Christi Partner Organisation
Concerning the UN Security Council resolution to impose sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
18 October 2006
1. Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1994 which works for friendly and cooperative relations between Korea and the United States, and the establishment of peace on the Korean peninsula.
2. The fundamental cause of the North Korean nuclear problem is the US’s hostile policy toward Pyeongyang. SPARK firmly believes that sanctions and pressure cannot make the North abandon its nuclear program.
Only a cessation of the hostile policy toward North Korea and the signing of a Korean peninsula peace treaty can persuade the Pyeongyang government to discontinue its nuclear program.
3. Accordingly, the UN Security Council resolution which imposes sanctions against North Korea, and the US-led Proliferation Security Initiative cannot solve the North Korean nuclear problem, and will only damage peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and in Northeast Asia.
4. Also, the agenda of the Security Consultative Meeting, to be held October 20-21, which includes the stationing of nuclear weapons around the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s participation in the missile defense system, and the strengthening of the Republic of Korea-US alliance, can only increase the danger of war on the Korean peninsula and the Northeast Asian region.
5. Consequently, a SPARK delegation is visiting Washington DC and New York, where they plan to hold meetings and demonstrations in order to bring the Korean people’s concerns to the attention of the American people and government.
The Korean people are opposed to sanctions against North Korea and urge the US to abandon its hostile policy toward Pyeongyang. They aim to de-nuclearize the Korean peninsula and create a nuclear-free zone in Northeast Asia. Koreans are against the strengthening of the ROK-US alliance and demand the return of wartime military operational control authority, as well as a halt to the expansion of the Pyeongtaek US base.
SPARK (Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea), Seoul, Korea
(Tel): 82-2-711-7292, 82-2-712-8443 (Fax) 82-2-712-8445, www.spark946.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Yu Young Jae, Secretary-General (016-297-0568)
Park Seok Boon, Director, Peace and Disarmament Team (016-429-4311)
18 October 2006
1. Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1994 which works for friendly and cooperative relations between Korea and the United States, and the establishment of peace on the Korean peninsula.
2. The fundamental cause of the North Korean nuclear problem is the US’s hostile policy toward Pyeongyang. SPARK firmly believes that sanctions and pressure cannot make the North abandon its nuclear program.
Only a cessation of the hostile policy toward North Korea and the signing of a Korean peninsula peace treaty can persuade the Pyeongyang government to discontinue its nuclear program.
3. Accordingly, the UN Security Council resolution which imposes sanctions against North Korea, and the US-led Proliferation Security Initiative cannot solve the North Korean nuclear problem, and will only damage peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and in Northeast Asia.
4. Also, the agenda of the Security Consultative Meeting, to be held October 20-21, which includes the stationing of nuclear weapons around the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s participation in the missile defense system, and the strengthening of the Republic of Korea-US alliance, can only increase the danger of war on the Korean peninsula and the Northeast Asian region.
5. Consequently, a SPARK delegation is visiting Washington DC and New York, where they plan to hold meetings and demonstrations in order to bring the Korean people’s concerns to the attention of the American people and government.
The Korean people are opposed to sanctions against North Korea and urge the US to abandon its hostile policy toward Pyeongyang. They aim to de-nuclearize the Korean peninsula and create a nuclear-free zone in Northeast Asia. Koreans are against the strengthening of the ROK-US alliance and demand the return of wartime military operational control authority, as well as a halt to the expansion of the Pyeongtaek US base.
SPARK (Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea), Seoul, Korea
(Tel): 82-2-711-7292, 82-2-712-8443 (Fax) 82-2-712-8445, www.spark946.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Yu Young Jae, Secretary-General (016-297-0568)
Park Seok Boon, Director, Peace and Disarmament Team (016-429-4311)
posted by Pax Christi @ Friday, October 20, 2006
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