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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/>

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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>[https://skps-ussr.narod.ru/ 12 апреля 2012 года представителем Белорусской коммунистической партии трудящихся (БКПТ) подписана в Пхеньяне Пхеньянская декларация 1992 года «Защитим и продвинем вперед дело социализма»]</ref>

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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>