Treaty between the Soviet Union and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Financial Policy of the Union States in accordance with direc-
tives jointly agreed upon.
Article 9. The Economic Committee shall consist of a delega-
tion of five members per State chosen from among the officials
responsible for economy and finance in each State.
Article 10. It shall hold two sessions every year, in the
months of March and September. Each State shall serve as the
Headquarters of the Economic Committee of the Union for one
year, and shall preside over its meetings during that year.
The Economic Committee of the Union shall draw up its
standing rules at its first session. The Sessions of the Economic
Committee of the Union may not exceed a fortnight.
During its sessions it shall make recommendations to be
submitted to the Heads of State.
Section 6 CULTURE
Article 11. The Union States shall relentlessly pursue the
rehabilitation of African Culture and the development of
African civilisation.
Teaching in two languages, exchange of staff, rediffusion
programmes, the establishment of joint Research Institutes
shall be intensified in the Union States.
Section 7 MISCELLANEOUS
Article 12. The Institutions shall become effective from the
date when this Charter is proclaimed simultaneously in the
Union States.
Article 13. Modifications may be made to the present provi-
sions at a meeting of Heads of State, in the event of the admis-
sion of a new State or at the request of a Head of State, with the
view to giving greater cohesion to the Union.
Modifications shall be passed unanimously by the Confer-
ence of Heads of State.
Article 14. Every African State whose Government accepts
the aims and objectives of this Charter, shall be eligible for con-
sideration for membership of the Union of African States, from
the date following a clear statement by the Head of the State.
This statement shall be transmitted to the Heads of Member
States of the Union.
Signed:
MODIBO KEITA
President of the Republic of Mali
SÉKOU TOURÉ
President of the Republic of GuineaKWAME NKRUMAH
President of the Republic of Ghana4.1372 Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and
Mutual Assistance between the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics and the Democratic Peo-
ple’s Republic of Korea
Alliance Members:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and North
Korea
Signed On:July 6, 1961, in the city of Moscow. In force until Septem-
ber 7, 1995.
Alliance Type:Defense Pact (Type I)
Source:United Nations Treaty,no. 6045.SUMMARY
This pact with the Soviet Union is very similar to the defense agree-
ment signed by North Korea with China just days later. The agree-
ments followed General Park Chung Hee’s coup d’état in South Korea
in May 1961 and his establishment of a fervently anticommunist
regime in Seoul. Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev proclaimed that
the Soviet Union did not believe in military pacts, but the United
States, Japan, and South Korea had forced the defensive agreement
because they had continually rejected offers to ease tensions on the
Korean peninsula.
The agreement effectively ended with the demise of the Soviet Union
in December of 1991, and a Russian note to North Korea in September
of 1996 confirmed that the treaty would not be renewed.Alliance Text
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics and the Presidium of the Supreme National
Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
Anxious to develop and strengthen the friendly relations
between the Soviet Union and the Democratic People’s Repub-
lic of Korea based on the principle of socialist internationalism,
Desiring to promote the maintenance and strengthening of
peace and security in the Far East and throughout the world in
accordance with the purposes and principles of the United
Nations,
Resolved to extend assistance and support to one another in
the event of military attack upon either of the Contracting Par-
ties by any State or coalition of States,
Convinced that the strengthening of friendship, good-neigh-
bourliness and co-operation between the Soviet Union and the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is in accordance with
the vital interests of the people of both States and will best serve
to promote their further economic and cultural development,
Have decided for this purpose to conclude the present Treaty
and have appointed as their plenipotentiaries:
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics: Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev,
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR;
The Presidium of the Supreme National Assembly of the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: Kim Il Sung, Chairman
of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Democratic People’s Repub-
lic of Korea.