Present there were personages of the Committee and chiefs of study groups under it.

The meeting reviewed last year's activities of the Committee and its study groups and discussed their action programs for this year.

It said that last year was a year of great loss to the progressive humankind as general secretary Kim Jong Il, who developed and enriched the Juche idea and made enormous contributions to global independence, passed away.

Kim Jong Il will live forever in the hearts of the world progressives, the meeting stressed.