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Escalating Tension on the Korean Peninsula and the Role of the UN

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"60. In order to insure the peaceful settlement of the Korean question, the military Commanders of both sides hereby recommend to the governments of the countries concerned on both sides that, within three (3) months after the Armistice Agreement is signed and becomes effective, a political conference of a higher level of both sides be held by representatives appointed respectively to settle through negotiation the questions of the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Korea, the peaceful settlement of the Korean question, etc."

 

3)"Chapter 2 Article 11 of the "Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-Aggression, Cooperation, and Exchange Between the North and South' which was adopted in 1991 stipulates that the North and South will regard the non-aggression boundary line and zone as the Military Demarcation Line and zone controlled by both sides, as defined in the Armistice Agreement. Also Chapter 3 Article 11 of the appendix on non-aggression stipulates that the maritime non-aggression zone will be controlled by both sides until the maritime non-aggression boundary line is settled."


Quote from DPRK-Committee-to-Nullify-InterKorean-Political-Military-Agreements

 

For the Agreement, see
http://www.nautilus.org/publications/books/dprkbb/agreements/CanKor-VTK-1991-12-13-agreement-on-reconciliation-non-agression-exchanges.pdf

 

4) See Declaration on the Advancement of South-North Korean Relations, Peace and Prosperity --" 2007


"The South and the North have agreed to designate a joint fishing area in the West Sea to avoid accidental clashes. The South's Minister of Defense and the North's Minister of the People's Armed Forces have also agreed to hold talks in Pyongyang this November to discuss military confidence-building measures, including military guarantees covering the plans and various cooperative projects for making this joint fishing area into a peace area."

 

5)See for example, Ronda Hauben, "In Cheonan Dispute UN Security Council Acts in Accord with UN Charter", taz.de, September 5, 2010.

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Ronda Hauben covers the United Nations and UN related issues in her blog at taz.de, "Netizen Journalism and the New News". As a co-author with Michael Hauben of the book "Netizens: On the History and Impact of the Usenet and the (more...)
 
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