On the 25th anniversary of the first ecumenical gathering to take steps toward the peaceful reunification of the divided Korean peninsula, convened in Tozanso, Japan, in 1984, the “Tsuen Wan Communiqué” outlined the recommitment to peace, reconciliation and reunification of the Korean Peninsula by nearly 140 church leaders worldwide, including North and South Koreans.
This declaration reaffirms the spirit of the June 15 Joint Declaration and stipulates that South and North have agreed to resolve the issue of unification on their own initiative and according to the spirit of “by-the-Korean-people-themselves.” Leaders of both South and North recognize the need to build a permanent peace regime.
Adopted in June 2000 through diplomatic talks held June 13 to 15, 2000, between leaders of North and South Korea. In this declaration, North and South agreed to settle humanitarian issues, including exchange of visiting groups of separated families and relatives, and the issue of unconverted long-term prisoners.
This is a declaration regarding nuclear weapons and the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Although not a peace treaty, this agreement renouncing armed forces against one another, signed by leaders of North and South Korea 38 years after the fighting ceased, has been described as a first step toward inevitable reunification of the Korean peninsula. It reaffirms the three principles of unification set forth in the July 4, 1972, South-North Joint Communiqué. The document includes 25 articles in four chapters: South-North Reconciliation, South-North Nonaggression, South North Exchanges and Cooperation and Amendments and Effectuation.