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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 April 20, 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|other parties]] from 51 countries had come to Pyongyang for the [[PublicDay holidaysof in Norththe KoreaSun|celebration]] of [[Kim Il-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 April 20 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>