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Motion · S6M-10031 · 25 Jul 2023

70th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice

Lodged by Kenneth Gibson (No Party Affiliation) Standard Motion 14 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament commemorates the 70th anniversary of the armistice that concluded the Korean War; notes that the conflict was fought from 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953; understands that, following North Korea’s invasion of South Korea, over 80,000 British troops mobilised under the United Nations banner, alongside troops from the United States and 20 other allied countries, in support of South Korea; recognises that 1,109 British service personnel were killed, 236 of them Scots, with thousands more wounded, captured or missing, contributing to the estimated three million service personnel and civilians killed, with, it understands, the Korean peninsula devastated and divided; acknowledges that the Korean War is often called the “Forgotten War,” as its memory is often overshadowed by the Second World War and the Vietnam War; is aware that no formal peace treaty was ever signed, contributing to what is considered to be a continued uneasy coexistence between the Republic of Korea in the South and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the North, and remembers all who fought in the war, the sacrifices that they made, and those who sadly lost their lives or were maimed in body and/or mind.

Supporters (14)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.