North Side Preparatory Committee for Joint Conference Holds Consultative Meeting

Pyongyang, August 2 (KCNA) -- The north side preparatory committee for the joint conference of political parties, organizations and individual personages of the north, the south and abroad for peace and independent reunification of the Korean peninsula held a consultative meeting in Pyongyang on Tuesday, according to a notice of the north side preparatory committee on Aug. 2. It learned about the overall preparations made for the joint conference in the north, the south and abroad and discussed the issues of making the joint conference a success. It briefed its attendants on the noticeable achievements made in the preparations abroad such as the formation of preparatory committees in China, Japan, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe, Canada, the U.S., Oceania and other regions and the inauguration of a unified overseas side preparatory committee for the joint conference on July 27. The meeting noted that public organizations and figures from broad sections of people such as workers, peasants, youth, students and women in south Korea are voicing support for the proposal on holding the joint conference and making positive efforts for the successful joint conference. It has become impossible to hold the joint conference on August 15 owing to the obstructive moves of the anti-reunification forces at home and abroad but the great national conference for reunification to be attended by representatives of all the political parties and social organizations and individual personages in the north, the south and abroad should successfully take place come what may, it held. The north side preparatory committee expressed the will to make more positive and patient efforts in close touch with people from all walks of life in south Korea and abroad in order to successfully hold without fail the joint conference which will be of great significance in realizing the peace of the Korean peninsula and the independent reunification of the country. -0-