The reunification of the country was the lifelong desire of the great persons of Mt. Paektu and the greatest national task assigned to our generation, it said, adding:

This year we must bring about a decisive turn in accomplishing the cause of national reunification as we hold high the slogan "Let all the compatriots open the gates of national reunification full of fresh confidence!"

The stand of national independence and putting the nation above anything else should be maintained in a thoroughgoing way.

The common interests of the nation should be given top priority, and everything should be subordinated to them.

The entire nation, under the unfurled banner of anti-war and peace, should smash every move of reckless military provocation, arms buildup and war exercises against the north.

Constant vigilance against the danger of military collaboration of the bellicose forces within the country and without should be maintained, and the U.S. aggressor forces, the main obstacle to peace in the Korean peninsula, should be pulled out from south Korea.

All the Korean people in the north, south and abroad should unite closely under the banners of the June 15 Joint Declaration and the October 4 Declaration and give further spurs to the reunification movement. By doing so, this year they should make a breakthrough for independent reunification.