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The South and the North, desiring to eliminate the danger of nuclear war through denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, and thus to create an environment and conditions favorable for peace and peaceful unification of our country and contribute to peace and security in Asia and the world, declare as follows:
- 1. The South and the North shall not test, manufacture,
produce, receive, possess, store, deploy or use nuclear weapons.
2. The South and the North shall use nuclear energy solely for peaceful purposes.
3. The South and the North shall not possess nuclear reprocessing and uranium enrichment facilities.
4. The South and the North, in order to verify the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, shall conduct inspections of the objects selected by the other side and agreed upon between the two sides, in accordance with procedures and methods to be determined by a South-North joint nuclear control commission.
5. The South and the North, in order to implement this joint declaration, shall establish and operate a South-North joint nuclear control commission within one (1) month of the effectuation of this joint declaration.
6. This Joint Declaration shall enter into force as of the day the South and the North exchange notifications of completion of the procedures for the entry into force of this declaration.
Chung Won-shik
Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea
Chief delegate of the South delegation to the South-North
High-level Talks
Yon Hyong-muk
Premier of the Administration Council of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea
Head of the North delegation to the South-North High-level
Talks
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