The Acts of Convention

House of Deputies

The House of Deputies Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #21 on Resolution A014 (Engage in Conflict Resolution on the Korean Peninsula) and moved adoption with amendment.

Original Text of Resolution

(A014)

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 77th General Convention commends the Anglican Church of Korea for its leadership toward the goal of Korean reunification; and be it further

Resolved, That the General Convention urges the United States government to minimize the practice of organizing military exercises near the border of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; and be it further

Resolved, That the General Convention also affirms its past commitment to call for a withdrawal of United States military forces from the region; and be it further

Resolved, That the General Convention urges the governments of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) to continue allowing family visits across their border; and be it further

Resolved, That the General Convention encourages the development of people-to-people exchanges with the DPRK, especially from the United States.

Committee Amendment

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 77th General Convention commends the Anglican Church of Korea for its leadership toward the goal of Korean reconciliation and ultimate reunification; and be it further

Resolved, That the General Convention urges the United States government to minimize the practice of organizing military exercises near the border of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; and be it further

Resolved, That the General Convention also affirms its past commitment to call for a withdrawal of United States military forces from the region; and be it further

Resolved, That the General Convention urges the governments of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) to continue allowing family visits across their border; and be it further

Resolved, That the General Convention encourages the development of people-to-people exchanges with the DPRK, especially from the United States.

Resolved, That the 77th General Convention recognize that the U.S. military presence plays an essential peacekeeping role on the peninsula, but also acknowledges with concern that continued military presence may have unintended costs in terms of adverse impacts on the environment, local economies and human rights; and be it further

Resolved, That the 77th General Convention urges the governments on all sides to minimize exercises that escalate military tensions, and to cease actions that flagrantly abuse human rights or otherwise destabilize peace on the peninsula and presence in the Korean peninsula, including near the border between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) and at Jeju Island; and be it further

Resolved, That the 77th General Convention urges the governments of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) to continue allowing family visits and cultural exchanges across their border; and be it further

Resolved, That the 77th General Convention urge the United States government and encourages the ROK and other international organizations to expand humanitarian aid for people in poverty in the DPRK.

Motion carried

Resolution adopted with amendment

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #177)