On display in the venues were works of Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il and photos on their immortal exploits and those introducing the Korean people turned out in a great drive for building a great prosperous and powerful nation.

Jesus Antonio Carlos Hernandez, general secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Socialist Party of Mexico, said in his speech at a meeting that Kim Il Sung developed the DPRK into the country centered on the popular masses, invincible socialist fortress and led the world socialist movement to victory with his outstanding leadership holding high the banner of the Juche idea and the Songun idea all his life.

He who devoted his life to the popular masses' cause of independence always lives in the hearts of humankind, he stressed.

Kong Sam Ol, deputy prime minister in charge of the Royal Palace of Cambodia, at the remembrance meeting praised the immortal exploits performed by the President who, after embarking on the road of the revolution in his early years, liberated the country, built a socialist power on the land of Korea and devoted his all to the happiness of the people and reunification of the country till the last moments of his great life.

Mikhail Panchenko, chairman of the Russian Youth Association for the Study of the Songun Policy, noted that the Juche idea has grasped the hearts of the progressive people for its originality, validity and scientific accuracy. He added that organizations for the study of the Juche idea were formed and have conducted brisk activities in all parts of the world.

Subash Kaji Shrestha, chairman of the Forum for Self-Reliance Studies of Nepal, and other personages said that the progressive mankind always remembers Kim Il Sung who devoted his all to global independence.

Messages to Kim Jong Il were adopted at the functions in Tunisia, Russia, Ukraine and Nepal.