Park to debut on U.N. with call for peace

South Korean President Park Geun-hye will debut on the United Nations later this month with a call for peace and eventual unification on the divided Korean peninsula, her office said Thursday.

She also plans to seek international support for her initiative calling for peace in Northeast Asia by building trust among countries in her keynote speech in the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 24, it said.

Park also plans to attend the climate summit at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 23, her office said, as Seoul seeks to bridge differences between advanced and developing countries in combating climate change.

South Korea has made a voluntary commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent from business-as-usual levels by 2020.

The summit, to be hosted by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sept. 23, is meant to galvanize action on cutting emissions of heat-trapping gases that scientists blame for global warming.

In addition, Park plans to attend the U.N. Security Council summit scheduled to discuss the issue of foreign fighters who have joined the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. U.S. President Barack Obama is set to host the summit.

Park will visit Canada from Sept. 20-22 for talks with Prime Minister Stephen Harper before flying to New York, according to Park’s office. (Yonhap)