Speeches were made at the functions.

The mayor of Nezauacoyotl City, Mexico, said that they deem it as their honor to join the Korean people in celebrating the above-said anniversary.

He stressed that Kim Jong Il, chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, is wisely leading the Korean people's drive to build a great prosperous and powerful nation while smashing the imperialists' scheme to stifle the DPRK with the might of Songun.

Benigno Gonzales Villasana, chairman of the Mexico-Korea Friendship Association, described the start of Kim Jong Il's Songun revolutionary leadership 49 years ago as an event of weighty significance in victoriously developing the Korean revolution. And he expressed belief that the Korean people would surely open the gate to a thriving nation in 2012 marking the centenary of birth of President Kim Il Sung under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il.

The deputy director of the Rabitra Bahtera Pratama Co. of Indonesia said: We are convinced that the Korean people under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il will certainly win in the confrontation with the U.S.

The participants in the film show watched Korean film "Reply of Korea".