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BackUNESCO Petition
12th November 2026
All INOs/MOs
The Public Relations Committee of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) headquarters and the Korea Association of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF KOREA) respectfully request your attention to this urgent matter.
Ahead of the final decision of the 21st UNESCO Intangible Heritage Committee to be held in Xiamen, China, from November 30 to December 5, and in response to North Korea's submission of Taekwon-Do historical materials, ITF have launched a global citizen signature campaign to correct serious historical distortions in inscription application documents and press releases about the issue:
1. Refuting Historical Distortions in North Korea 's Submitted Documents: In North Korea 's submission to UNESCO, Taekwon-Do was found to have spontaneously developed through taekkyeon illustrated in the Goguryeo murals. It refutes the manipulation of historical continuity as if it were inherited.
2. The release of genuine historical materials and photographs: Commemorative photo of the 'Taekwon-Do name Establishment Committee' in Seoul, South Korea, April 11 , 1955 Newspaper articles and photos from September 1980, when the late President Choi Hong-Hi and the ITF demonstration team visited Pyongyang for the first demonstration site, It provides original materials proving the absence of Taekwon-Do in North Korea .
3. Global petition: To prevent fabricated history from being recorded in UNESCO's official records. Multilingual online signature campaigns (https://forms.gle/xbcxqrV6y7dxvveA8), and submission of official letters of protest to the UNESCO Secretariat and the National Heritage Administration.
For convenience, attached to this email are a number of supporting documents which you can share with your members and colleagues.
We need your help and your attention to both distributing the materials and encouraging petition participation. Please treat this request as urgent as we have a deadline to submit our petition to UNESCO.
Contact information:
• Jeong Chan-guk, Chairman of the Public Relations Committee of the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) Headquarters (010-6313-1872) / [email protected])
• Yoo Seung-hee, Secretary General of the Korea Association of the International Taekwondo Federation (010-9216-6554) / [email protected])
• ?? ??: International Taekwon-Do Federation Ltd (The Unit,Victoria Lane, Harlington, Middlesex UB3 5EW, UK / itf-administration.com)
Naming Committee 11th April 1955
Press article April 1955
September 1980 Demonstration Team
September 1980 Demonstration Team
UNESCO Submission Extracts (North Korea)
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