North Korea Working Group PART B: FOR CONSIDERATION

North Korea Working Group
PART B: FOR CONSIDERATION

 Does Yearly Meeting accept that we become the AYM North Korea Committee?
 We ask all Regional Meetings to publicise the Concern as widely as possible and to offer assistance to any Friends who wish to become involved

CRM: We are unsure about the appropriateness of the North Korea Working Group becoming an AYM Committee at this time. We hope that this will receive further exploration at YM19. 

NSWRM: We are not in unity with the working group’s request to become a Committee of Yearly Meeting. A travelling minute or Letter of Greetings could offer the same status of representing Friends that a committee would provide. We ask our newsletter and e-newsletter editors to promote the working group’s concerns regarding North Korea to Friends.

QRM: Whilst we appreciate the issues of whether the North Korea group continue as a working group or as a committee, we acknowledge that being a committee of AYM may assist them in dealing with humanitarian help for North Korea and in discussions with Department of Foreign Affairs.

SANTRM: SANTRM supports the establishment of an AYM committee on North Korea, but asks that this group commits to consulting with others who already operate in our region, such as those involved in AWPS (including Korean Friends), Quaker Service Australia or the Friends Peace Teams. We ask that Sejin provide regular updates to Walking Cheerfully, along with a continued invitation to participate.

TRM: TRM notes that we do not have committees for other areas of concern, such as Palestine, and feel that this should remain a working group that reports to a relevant committee.

VRM: We recognise the concern of working in North Korea and agree that the North Korea Working Group should become the AYM North Korea Committee. We appreciate learning about North Korea through the Regional Meeting newsletter.

WARM: We are unclear of the grounds by which a working group becomes an AYM Committee and the implications of this for AYM.