Uijeongbu Holds Inaugural Ceremony for 18th Presidential Advisory Council on Democratic Unification

The Uijeongbu Chapter of the Presidential Advisory Council on Democratic Unification (Chairman Kang Eun-hee) held an inaugural ceremony for its 18th term and the inauguration ceremony for Chairman Kang Eun-hee at the Grand Hall of Uijeongbu City Hall on September 22.

On that day, Uijeongbu Mayor An Byung-yong, serving as the acting agency head, distributed appointment certificates to 81 newly commissioned advisory members of the 18th term. The ceremony proceeded with reports on the 18th term's activity directions and an oath-taking ceremony for the advisory members. Additionally, in commemoration of the October 4 Inter-Korean Summit Declaration, wish paper airplanes were launched to pray for the successful activities of the Presidential Advisory Council on Democratic Unification.

Mayor An Byung-yong stated, "I urge you to take the lead in preparations to share a vision for unification with citizens as Uijeongbu, a central city of unification in northern Gyeonggi Province, with passion and a sense of responsibility."

Chairman Kang Eun-hee said, "Based on the activity strategy of 'into the citizens, together with the citizens, and becoming one with the citizens,' I will conduct field-oriented unification activities in collaboration with citizens and social organizations, working at the center of advising the president's will for peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue based on the October 4 Joint Declaration."

Meanwhile, the Presidential Advisory Council on Democratic Unification is a two-year-term presidential advisory body with constitutional basis, and formulates and promotes policies regarding democratic peaceful unification.