FROM WAR TO PEACE: A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE KOREAN QUESTION.

This paper analyzes the efforts made by the international community for the independence and unification of Korea, the role of the United Nations in the process, and the prospects for Korean unification. Close attention is given to the result of the first political conference on Korean unification held in Geneva from April-June 1954, an event whose importance should not be underestimated despite the passage of time. This paper affirms that the conclusion of a peace treaty ending the Korean Armistice will legally restore peace to Korea from a state of war. The next step would be to work toward the peaceful unification of Korea in accordance with longstanding U.N. principles based upon the genuine self-determination by the Korean people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]