Pyongyang, December 20 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il, father of the nation and lodestar of national reunification, devoted all his life to guiding all Koreans to the road of independence and great national unity.

The idea and policies put forth by him for national reunification serve as the most just guideline for carving out the nation's destiny, and they are ever-victorious strategy and tactics definitely guaranteeing the victory of the cause of reunification.

He formulated as Three Charters for National Reunification the three principles of national reunification, the 10-point programme of the great unity of the whole nation and the proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo advanced by President Kim Il Sung.

The Five-Point Policy for Grand National Unity put forward by him is an immortal reunification program which indicates the correct way for developing on a higher stage the cause of unity pioneered and guided by the President.

The adoption of the historic June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and the October 4 declaration, achievements made on the road for national unity and reunification since then, the spirit of national independence fully displayed in the north and the south of Korea and overseas and the solidarity and coalition of all Koreans growing stronger with each passing day--these are a brilliant fruition of Kim Jong Il's idea and policies on national reunification.

Though he passed away, the movement for Korea's reunification will continue to advance vigorously under the leadership of General Kim Jong Un.