On March 15, the Unification Future Planning Committee held its
inaugural meeting, attended by Unification Minister Kwon Youngse, and
discussed issues, including the directions for establishing the “New
Future Initiative on Unification” and the “Audacious Initiative.”
Minister Kwon said that the key to South Korea’s greater leap
forward lies in unification and stressed that we need to be more
forward-looking and make strenuous efforts in preparing for
unification to open up the future of the unified Korea that we dream of.
Moreover, the minister made three requests regarding the operation
of the Unification Future Planning Committee as follows:
①
Present strategies to achieve a desirable unified future where
universal values of humankind, including freedom, human rights,
communication, and openness, are realized.
② Establish a
sustainable foundation for unification policies that every Korean
citizen can relate to and respect.
③ Serve as a communication
channel where diverse voices from the Korean people and the
international community can be exchanged.
The committee members strongly agreed on the need to redefine the
blueprint for a unified future and its implementation strategy and
exchanged views on the directions for establishing the “New Future
Initiative on Unification” and the “Audacious Initiative.”
The Unification Future Planning Committee will begin holding
meetings for each of the five subcommittees to undertake tasks on
establishing the “New Future Initiative on Unification” in earnest.