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The '''Pyongyang Declaration''', officially titled '''Let Us Defend and Advance the Cause of Socialism''', was a statement signed by a number of [[political parties]] on 20 April 1992 that calls for the unity of the socialist camp and a vow to safeguard [[socialism]]. Representatives of 70 [[Communist party|communist]] and [[Socialist party|socialist parties]] from 51 countries arrived in [[Pyongyang]], [[North Korea]], to [[Day of the Sun|celebrate]] [[Kim Il-sung Sung]]'s 80th birthday.{{sfn|''A Handbook on North Korea''|1998|p=97}} While there, the delegates had many bilateral and multilateral contacts with each other and decided to issue a declaration reiterating their commitment to socialism in spite of the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|collapse of the USSR]] and a [[Fall of Communism|number of other communist regimes]] in recent years. On 20 April, the declaration was signed by delegates of 69 parties, including 48 party leaders.<ref name=original/>

A similarly named item is the {{ill|Pyongyang Joint Declaration of September 2018|ko|9월 평양공동선언|lt=2018 Pyongyang Joint Declaration}} ratified by North and South Korea at the [[September 2018 inter-Korean summit]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=[FULL TEXT] Pyongyang Declaration |work=The Korea Times |date=19 September 2018 |access-date=3 March 2019 |url= https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/09/103_255848.html }}</ref>

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Socialism suffered a setback in some countries in recent years. As a consequence of this, the imperialists and reactionaries are claiming that socialism has ‘come to an end’. This is nothing but a sophistry to beautify and embellish capitalism and patronise the old order.

The setback of socialism and the revival of capitalism in some countries is causing a great loss to the achievement of the socialist cause, but it can never be interpreted as the denial of the superiority of socialism and of the reactionary character orof capitalism.

Socialism has long been the ideal of mankind and it represents the future of mankind.

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==Signatories ==

The Declaration was originally signed on 20 April 1992 by 69 parties.<ref name=original>{{cite web|url=http://ml-review.ca/aml/AllianceIssues/AppendicesFinal.html|title=Alliance 19; April 1996, The Path to a New Communist, Marxist -Leninist International Appendix 1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216143027/http://ml-review.ca/aml/AllianceIssues/AppendicesFinal.html|archive-date=16 February 2019|access-date=8 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Of the original signatories, only two – [[Workers' Party of Korea]] and the The [[Mongolian People's Party|Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party]] –later werewithdrew majorfrom parties.the Thedeclaration, Mongolianthe only party laterto withdrewdo from the declarationso.{{sfn|''A Handbook on North Korea''|1998|p=97}} According to KCNA, "Six months later, the number of signatories reached more than 140. "They numbered over 170 one year later".<ref name=300political/> At the time of the ten-year anniversary in 2002 there were 258 signatories.<ref name=258signatories/> In 2012 there were 280.<ref name=258signatories>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2002/200204/news04/20.htm Pyongyang declaration signed by 258 political parties ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012035117/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2002/200204/news04/20.htm |date=12 October 2014 }}</ref><ref name=300political/> The number of signatories reached 300 in 2017.<ref name=300political>{{Cite web |title=Pyongyang Declaration Signed by More than 300 Political Parties of World |agency=KCNA |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=29 August 2019 |url= https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1546674832-39763653/pyongyang-declaration-signed-by-more-than-300-political-parties-of-world/ }}</ref> North Korea often cites these numbers for [[propaganda]] purposes.{{sfn|''A Handbook on North Korea''|1998|p=98}}

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|<ref name=original/><ref>{{Cite journal|date=25 May 1992|title="The Working Class"|url=https://grabois.org.br/uploads/arquivos/arquivo_51_5250.pdf|journal=A Classe Operária|volume=79, 6th period|pages=7|access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717132900/https://grabois.org.br/uploads/arquivos/arquivo_51_5250.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Political Party of DR Congo Signs Pyongyang Declaration |date=20 April 2017 |work=[[Rodong Sinmun]] |access-date=28 August 2019 |url= https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1530451101-929273438/political-party-of-dr-congo-signs-pyongyang-declaration/ }}</ref>

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|<ref>{{Cite web |agency=KCNA |title=Pyongyang declaration signed by 239 parties |date=20 March 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012070202/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/1998/9803/news03/20.htm |url= http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/1998/9803/news03/20.htm |archive-date=12 October 2014 }}</ref>

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|<ref name=KCNA1997>{{Cite web|agency=KCNA|title=Pyongyang Declaration signed by more parties|date=18 April 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012034625/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/1997/9704/news4/18.htm|url=http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/1997/9704/news4/18.htm|archive-date=12 October 2014 }}</ref>

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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=General People's Union Party of Russia Signs Pyongyang Declaration|agency=KCNA |date=12 September 2018|url=http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2018/201809/news12/20180912-30ee.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191124041441/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2018/201809/news12/20180912-30ee.html|archive-date=24 November 2019}}</ref>

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|<ref>[https://komros.info/News/news_15258.html Компартия Коммунисты России подписала Пхеньянскую Декларацию 1992 года]</ref>

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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pridnestrovie Communist Party Signs Pyongyang Declaration|agency=KCNA|date=31 March 2017|url=http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2017/201703/news31/20170331-19ee.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124000757/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2017/201703/news31/20170331-19ee.html|archive-date=24 November 2019}}</ref>