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North Side Committee for Implementing June 15 Joint Declaration Meets

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- A general meeting of the North Side Committee for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration took place in Pyongyang today. It discussed on the orientation of activities to be conducted by the committee to thoroughly implement the tasks of attaching importance to the nation, defending peace and achieving unity under the uplifted banner of the June 15 joint declaration.
    An Kyong Ho, chairman of the above-said committee, in his report said that last year all the Koreans dynamically waged the patriotic movement for independent reunification, peace against war and great national unity under the banner of "By our nation itself," bringing about a great advance in carrying out the cause of national reunification. The solidarity among Koreans in the north, the south and overseas grew stronger, centering around the June 15 All-Korean Committee, and the contacts and cooperation among non-governmental organizations got more brisk, he added.
    Noting that the June 15 All-Korean Committee is a solidarity body for the nation-wide movement for reunification grouping political parties, organizations and figures in the north, the south and overseas on the largest scale, he underscored the need for it to increase its function and role and expand and consolidate its mass foundation.
    Prompted by the desire to promote national reconciliation and unity and usher in a great heyday in the cause of achieving the independent reunification, he suggested the south side committee and the overseas side committee to hold an event common to the nation in Pyongyang to mark the 7th anniversary of the publication of the June 15 joint declaration and a reunification function to mark Aug. 15 in the south and have reunification functions involving organizations of people of different strata in the north and the south in diverse style in the places agreed upon. He also suggested them to have a meeting of the June 15 All-Korean Committee to discuss the orientation of the movement for national reunification in 2007 as early as possible.
    The report was followed by speeches.
    The general meeting held a by-election of some members of the North Side Committee for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration and its panels.
    Present at the general meeting were Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Ro Tu Chol, vice-premier of the Cabinet, Kim Yong Dae, chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party, Ryu Mi Yong, chairperson of the Central Committee of the Korean Chondoist Chongu Party, who are honorary co-chairpersons of the North Side Committee for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration, O Ik Je, vice-chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, and vice-chairpersons and members of the north side committee, members of each panel of the committee and members of the North Headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification and the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification and officials concerned.