A Statement on International Anti-War Day

For more than I hundred years Korean people want to stop the trouble between races and nations, and we want to realize the peace in new 21c. But we confront another war in Korean eninsular and all over the world.

We are the people who ought to make the Christian peace in this Creator"s world. But we couldn"t present that duty. Ourself became more exclusive and made more conflict.
We confess that Christian are not brave enough to fight against the conflict and dispute in political, cultural, social field.

Now American Bush make the war at Iraq and Korea, the people of all world become to feel the fear. At 15th Feb. the day of International Anti-War, we think this stage is the beginning of war and the new war will destroy all mankind who want peace all
over the world. So we state our willingness to peace as follow.

1. America stop all marshall act to the Iraq!

We Christian can not recognize any war. The war promoted by Bush is contrary to the will of Heaven. Bush government stop the all marshall act and solve the political, marshall, economical problem peaceful talk in peace.

2. America stop making "the atomic crisis of Korean peninsular" and act for restoring the peace between North & Southern Korea!

We Christian cannot recognize the reappear the tragedy in our same Korean race as occurred in 50 years ago in here. We witness that American hard line become a obstacle to root of the peace on Korean peninsula. So we want to America go to the table of peace making talk without any condition. Korean government must have a strong vision of peace in East Asia and Korean peninsula and confront the situation.

3. America have to join to the worldwide nations for peace of Korean peninsula and world!

Korean and world peace cannot made by the American hegemony. The history say the imperial nations who in one hand make conflict and in the hand make war will destroyed in the ends. We want the Bush government must aware of the peace of Christ who make the world peaceful can make the peace of Korean peninsula and world.
We want Bush make the reconciliation and cooperation, peaceful co-existence with other countries.

To meet the day of international peace and anti-war, we recognize the unrest caused by the Iraq war and Korean peninsula atomic crisis and we Christian have to realize Jubilee for the suppressed people by the unjust power. For the peace of Korean
peninsula and world church"s act to overcome the force, we will do our best work for anti-war and anti-atomic movement with world wide people of conscience.

13rd Feb. 2003

Members who attend press conference by The Korean Christian solidarity for Anti-war and Anti-atomic.(now preparing)


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The aim of Korean Christian solidarity for Anti-war & Anti-atomic.(now preparing)

1. In the beginning of 2003, all world meet the dark anxiety of war. America think the war as a fixed fact. In Korean peninsula, the Geneva nuclear weapons non-proliferation treaty collapsed and the North Korea & America meeting for the
nonaggression pact stopped. The people of Korean peninsula and all world feel the horror of war in Iraq and Korea.

2. In this critical condition, the Korean Christian, who is worker of peace and creator of cooperation are needed a heavy and historical role. Last year the Korean Church said as redictor to the Bush"s saying the North is "ax of evil" and hard line policy, express a deep grief for the death of 2 younger middle school girl by American army caterpillar vehicle and want the full revise of unfair SOFA agreement. This want is a good as spring well for depressed Korean Christian, and make the Korean Christian to be united for the new history of peace.
3. We meet th time to succeed the historical heritage of emocratic and human right movement and find new way. To prevent the war and to realize the peace cannot come from with one person"s effort or some activist groups, we need to become unite as one group and to effort for that goal. For the first step to this action, the ecumenical organs and associations who have participated the movement for democracy & peace and want Bush to say regret for the death of 2 young girls and full revise of SOFA have met and prepared to organize the Korean Christian solidarity for Anti-war & Anti-atomic.(now preparing)

4. The Korean Christian solidarity for Anti-war & Anti-atomic(now preparing) network oppose the war in Korean peninsula & world and will practice the peace of Jesus. We will practice anti-war program to prevent war hosted by America in Iraq and Korea. As the main activity we will praying meeting, forum, education, acting to build the peace of Jesus Christ, and will have solidarity with groups in local and abroad for the consent of this will.

The Korean Christian solidarity for Anti-war & Anti-atomic.(now preparing) (13rd Feb. 2003 at present)