Peace Conference Needed To End The Korean War – Please Sign The Petition Below

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On this 70th anniversary of Korea’s division, we urge the United Nations to broker a Political Peace Conference, as called for in Article 4 Paragraph 60 of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, to bring together all parties that took part in the Korean War to reach a peaceful settlement. As an international conflict that continues to hamper peaceful relations in East Asia and across the Pacific, it is time to finally end the state of war by replacing the Korean War Armistice with a more permanent Peace Accord. Please sign the petition below and show your support: United Nations Peace Conference Needed
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Women’s Peace Walk Across the Korean DMZ Impeded

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Activists Pledge to Cross Anyway and Call on the UN to Assist PYONGYANG, North Korea -- International, Northern and Southern Korean women activists who plan to cross the Korean Demilitarized Zone said Wednesday they are determined to move forward with their walk, despite the announcement that United Nations authorities can't guarantee their safety if they walk from the North to the South at Panmunjom. Panmunjom is where the Korean War armistice agreement was signed, and it is critical to the delegates that the DMZ crossing take place at this symbolic site. [caption id="attachment_772" align="alignnone" width="300"] Mairead Maguire Along With Other Peace Activists Hoping To Cross The Korean DMZ [/caption] [caption id="attachment_774" align="alignnone" width="300"] Peace Activists Calling For An End To The Korean War[/caption]
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN PEACEMAKERS CROSS THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE North/South Korea – 24th May, 2015

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May 15th 2015 – Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire co-chair of the movement Women Cross the DMZ will travel on Saturday 16th with Peace People Executive Member , Ann Patterson, to Beijing, China, for several days, and onwards to North Korea, to participate in a historic walk across the DMZ on 24th May, 2015. Thirty International women will embark on their historic walk across the DMZ between North and South Korea to call for an end to the Korean war and they have welcomed the official approval from the South Korean Government today. The International womens peace walk is scheduled for May 24th, International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament. Nobel Peace Laureate, Mairead Maguire, and Peace People Executive member, Ann Patterson, will walk with women leaders from fifteen countries,…
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