Speeches were made there.

A secretary of the Sogd Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan said that the WPK has creditably performed its mission and role as a guiding force of the Korean revolution under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il.

He stressed that the WPK has invariably advanced along the road of independence, the road of socialism, foiling all the moves of imperialists against socialism, true to the Songun idea.

The executive secretary of the Central Committee of the Czech, Moravian and Silesian Trade Unions' Association noted that the WPK has powerfully demonstrated its anti-imperialist independent stand to the whole world under the leadership of Kim Jong Il, adding that Kim Jong Il has pursued an original Songun policy to defend the sovereignty of the country and win a victory in the struggle against imperialism under the grave situation where the U.S. imperialists became evermore undisguised in their moves against the DPRK at the end of the past century.

Kim Jong Il has wisely led the WPK in the struggle to foil the imperialists' moves, holding aloft the banner of Songun, he stressed.

The chairman of the Ethiopian Youth Study Group of the Juche Idea and the chairman of the Addis Ababa Youth Association explained in detail the exploits performed by President Kim Il Sung in the party construction and Kim Jong Il's Songun leadership exploits.