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‘The North-South Dialogue’ and ‘the Reunions of dispersed families’ that have been continuously held after the division of the country are typical programs held as a part of policies for peaceful unification between North and South. In various paths to solve these two issues, ‘the North-South Red Cross Dialogue’ has been utilized significantly. The inter-Korean Red Cross talks has played an important role in preparing a fundamental frame for both sides to establish mutual trust, reconciliation and collaboration. However, there are some limits that the South-North Dialogue are sometimes deadlocked or interrupted for a long period of time due to political and military tensions between two sides regardless of all peaceful and humanitarian efforts through the inter-Korean Red Cross talks. In this context, considering historic development process of the North-South Red Cross Dialogue which has been utilized as a channel to the North-South Dialogue and searching the possibility to institutionalize this conference could partially contribute to the establishment of peaceful unification policies on the Korean Peninsula. This study is intended to determine variables affecting our unification policies through historical consideration of the development process of the North-South Red Cross Dialogue which is an important means of the North-South Dialogue. The following options are presented as the measures to establish the inter-Korean Dialogue as an ideal system through analysis and control of every factor which might be an obstacle for the institutionalization of the North-South Dialogue. First, North and South Red Cross need to establish their positions as organizations with international prestige that practice humanitarian principles. Second, it is necessary to formulate periodic holding of the North-South Red Cross Conference based on its political neutrality. Third, it is necessary to simplify functional windows regarding the implementation of humanitarian agenda such as the reunions of separated families and agreements between two sides into the North-South Red Cross Dialogue.