Lee Jae-myeong “The law against war against North Korea is a means of peace… Please support” letter sent to the international community

Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myeong asked the US Congress and the United Nations to support the Act on the Prohibition of Leaflets Against North Korea in response to voices of some concerns in the international community over the’Act on the Revised Inter-Korean Relations Development Act’ and a move to hold a hearing. Sent a letter.

According to Gyeonggi Province on the 31st, Governor Lee sent a letter to the international community, including the US Congress and the United Nations, on the 29th, expressing the need for the law to ban leaflets against North Korea, asking for understanding and support.

This proposal is delivered to the U.S. House of Representatives, Tom Lantos, the co-chair of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and House Foreign Relations Committee chairpersons, the U.S. Ambassador to Korea, the British Ambassador to Korea, the UN ambassador to Korea and the UN Secretary-General, and the UN Special Rapporteur on North Korean Human Rights.

In his letter, Governor Lee said, “The law on the ban on flyers against North Korea is the minimum device to protect the lives, safety and property rights of the citizens,” and “a peaceful means to prevent unnecessary military tensions and confrontations with the North, and to improve inter-Korean relations.” Revealed.

In particular, Governor Lee introduced cases of damage caused by the spread of the North Korean warfare, such as the evacuation of residents in Yeoncheon-gun in 2014 and the fall of private housing in the Uijeongbu warfare in June this year. “It is an act that intends to confront with tension and substantially protects the lives and safety of citizens. It was a threatening act”.

Governor Lee said, “After the UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in North Korea requested amendment of the law, some members of the U.S. Congress raise issues and make a move to hold a hearing, which hinders the exercise of legitimate sovereignty to protect the lives, safety and property of the Korean people. I am concerned that I have a lot of possessions.”

In addition, Governor Lee said, “The Anti-North Korean Warfare Prohibition Act only prohibits the spreading of leaflets that violate the inter-Korean agreement to a minimum, under the premise of guaranteeing freedom of expression,” he said. “It is also expressed in Article 19 of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of the United Nations. It stipulates that the freedom of human rights can be limited for the protection of others’ rights and public order.”

Lastly, Governor Lee said, “This law will be the first step in restoring trust between the two Koreas and reactivating inter-Korean relations that have been suspended for a while.” “I appeal for peace on the Korean Peninsula and for world peace.” did.

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