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Sign the petition for peace talks in Korea

Dear President Moon, Chairman Kim, President Trump, President Xi:

As women leaders who have long called for a Peace Treaty to formally end the Korean War, we urge you to honor your government’s commitment to UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, which calls for women’s participation at decision-making levels in conflict resolution and peace processes.

Decades of research now show that women’s inclusion in peace processes leads to a peace agreement and a far more durable one when women help draft it. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, “The participation of civil society groups, including women’s organizations, makes a peace agreement 64 percent less likely to fail. When women participate in peace processes, the resulting agreement is 35 percent more likely to last at least fifteen years.”

Recognizing this, last October, the United States signaled its commitment to increase women’s participation in peace processes to prevent, end and rebuild after conflict when President Trump signed into law the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, which passed with bi-partisan Congressional support. Now is the time to implement it.

And we don’t mean just any women at the table, and certainly not women with an established record advocating for military action.

We have prepared a list of women peacemakers with expertise on Korea from academia, disarmament, humanitarian aid, development, citizen diplomacy, and women’s rights. Their inclusion is the greatest assurance that there will be a mutually acceptable peace agreement to all sides.

Failure to reach a peace agreement endangers the entire world. Success could mean a new era for world peace. We urge you to act wisely.

We look forward to your response.

Sincerely,

  • Aiyoung Choi, USA, Steering Committee Member, Women Cross DMZ
  • Ann Wright, USA, Retired US Army Colonel and Diplomat
  • Christine Ahn, USA, Women Cross DMZ
  • Cora Weiss, USA, UN Representative, International Peace Bureau
  • Ewa Eriksson Fortier, Sweden, Humanitarian Aid Worker
  • Gloria Steinem, USA, Writer and Activist, Presidential Medal of Freedom Awardee
  • Gwyn Kirk, USA, Women for Genuine Security
  • Hye-Jung Park, USA, Filmmaker and Educator
  • Kozue Akibayashi, Japan, Intl President, Women’s Intl. League for Peace and Freedom
  • Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate
  • Liz Bernstein, Canada, Executive Director, Nobel Women’s Initiative
  • Mairead Maguire, Northern Ireland, 1976 Nobel Peace Laureate
  • Meri Joyce, Australia, Northeast Asia Regional Coordinator, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)
  • Nan Kim, USA, Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

We are sending this letter to the following leaders of the UN Command nations:

  • Theresa May, Prime Minister, United Kingdom
  • Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister, Australia
  • Charles Michel, Prime Minister, Belgium
  • Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, Canada
  • Juan Manuel Santos, President, Colombia
  • Mulatu Teshome, President, Ethiopia
  • France – Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron, President
  • Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President, Greece
  • Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister, Luxembourg
  • Mark Rutte, Prime Minister, The Netherlands
  • Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister, New Zealand
  • Rodrigo Duterte, President, Philippines
  • Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister, Thailand
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President, Turkey
  • Cyril Ramaphosa, President, South Africa
  • Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister, Denmark
  • Ram Nath Kovind, President, India
  • Erna Solberg, Prime Minister, Norway
  • Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister, Sweden
  • Paolo Gentiloni, Prime Minister, Italy
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