KIM IL SUNG
10-POINT PROGRAMME OF
THE GREAT UNITY OF THE WHOLE NATION
FOR THE REUNIFICATION
OF THE COUNTRY
April 6, 1993
To put an end to the
nearly half a century of division and
confrontation and reunify the country is the
unanimous demand and desire of the whole
nation. For the independent and peaceful
reunification of the country it is necessary
to achieve the great unity of the whole
nation. All those who are concerned about
the destiny of the nation, whether they be
in the north, or in the south, or overseas,
and whether they be communists or
nationalists, rich or poor, atheists or
believers, must unite as one nation,
transcending all their differences, and
together pave the way for national
reunification.
Those with strength
devoting their strength, those with
knowledge giving their knowledge and those
with money donating their money, all should
make a tangible contribution to the
reunification of the country and the
development and prosperity of a reunified
land, so putting an end to national division
and displaying the dignity and honour of the
reunited 70 million fellow countrymen to the
world.
1. A unified
state, independent, peaceful and neutral,
should be founded through the great unity
of the whole nation.
The north and the
south should found a pan-national unified
state to represent all parties, all
groupings and all the members of the nation
from all walks of life, while leaving the
existing two systems and two governments
intact. The pan-national unified state
should be a confederal state in which the
two regional governments of the north and
the south are represented equally, and an
independent, peaceful and nonaligned neutral
state which does not lean to any great
power.
2. Unity should be
based on patriotism and the spirit of
national independence.
All the members of
the nation should link their individual
destiny with that of the nation, love their
nation passionately and unite with the
single desire to defend the independence of
the nation. They should display dignity and
pride in being members of our nation and
reject sycophancy and national nihilism that
erode the nation's consciousness of
independence.
3. Unity should be
achieved on the principle of promoting
co-existence, coprosperity and common
interests and subordinating everything to
the cause of national reunification.
The north and the
south should recognize and respect the
existence of different beliefs, ideas and
systems, and achieve joint progress and
prosperity, with neither side encroaching on
the other. They should promote the interests
of the whole nation before regional and
class interests and direct every effort to
the accomplishment of the cause of national
reunification.
4. All political
disputes that foment division and
confrontation between fellow countrymen
should be ended and unity should be
achieved.
The north and the
south should refrain from seeking or
fomenting confrontation, end all political
disputes between them and stop abusing and
slandering each other. As fellow countrymen
they should not be hostile to each other
and, through the united efforts of the
nation, they should counter foreign
aggression and interference.
5. The fear of
invasion from both south and north, and
the ideas of prevailing over communism and
communization should be dispelled, and
north and south should believe in each
other and unite.
The north and the
south should not threaten and invade each
other. Neither side should try to force its
system on the other or to absorb the other.
6. The north and
south should value democracy and join
hands on the road to national
reunification, without rejecting each
other because of differences in ideals and
principles.
They should
guarantee the freedom of debate on and of
activities for reunification and should not
suppress, take reprisals against, persecute
or punish political opponents. They should
not arrest anyone because of their pro-north
or pro-south tendencies and should release
and reinstate all political prisoners so
that they may contribute to the cause of
national reunification.
7. The north and
south should protect the material and
spiritual wealth of individuals and
organizations and encourage their use for
the promotion of great national unity.
Both before
reunification and after it they should
recognize state ownership, cooperative
ownership and private ownership and protect
the capital and property of individuals and
organizations, as well as all interests
concerned with foreign capital. They should
recognize the social reputation and
qualifications of individuals in all domains
including science, education, literature,
the arts, public debate, the press, health
care and sports, and continue to guarantee
the benefits granted to people who have
performed meritorious services.
8. Understanding,
trust and unity should be built up across
the nation through contact, exchange
visits and dialogue.
All the obstacles to
contact and exchange visits should be
removed and the door should be opened for
everyone without discrimination to undertake
exchange visits. All the parties, groupings
and people of all social standings should be
given equal opportunities to conduct
dialogue, and bilateral and multilateral
dialogue should be developed.
9. The whole
nation, north, south and overseas, should
strengthen its solidarity for the sake of
national reunification.
Things beneficial to
national reunification should be supported
and encouraged in an unbiased manner and
things harmful to it should be rejected in
the north, in the south and overseas, and
all should assist and cooperate with one
another, going beyond their own narrow
enclosure. All political parties,
organizations and the people from all walks
of life in the north, in the south and
overseas should be allied organizationally
in the patriotic work to achieve national
reunification.
10. Those who have
contributed to the great unity of the
nation and to the cause of national
reunification should be honoured.
Special favours
should be granted to those who have
performed exploits for the sake of the great
unity of the nation and the reunification of
the country, to patriotic martyrs and to
their descendants. If those who had turned
their back on the nation in the past return
to the patriotic road, repentant of their
past, they should be dealt with leniently
and assessed fairly, according to the
contribution they have made to the cause of
national reunification.