Speakers there said that the history of the May 18 Kwangju Uprising and the June Popular Resistance led to the candlelight resistance and the struggle for democracy is still now going on.

They called for waging a vigorous struggle for equality against all kinds of discrimination and violence.

They expressed the will to achieve democracy, reunification and peace in the spirit of June Resistance, hoping for an end to the history of fetters caused by division and for south-north reconciliation and brisk exchange.