Present there were Kim Yong Nam, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, and delegates elected at the party organizations of the cities and countries and other units performing the same function as theirs' in the province and the party organizations of the provincial institutions.

The delegates paid silent tribute to General Secretary Kim Jong Il.

The presidium was elected there.

The conference discussed the election of delegates to the WPK Conference.

Hong In Bom, chief secretary of the South Phyongan Provincial Committee of the WPK who is a delegate to the party organization of Sunchon City, made an address on electing the dear respected Kim Jong Un as a delegate to the WPK Conference.

Kim Jong Il is a peerlessly elder statesman, peerless patriot and the tender-hearted father of the people with ardent love and boundless devotion to the country and its people, Hong said.

Kim Jong Un is the supreme leader of the WPK and the Korean people and the destiny and the future of Songun Korea who is leading to victory the revolutionary cause of Juche and the cause of building a thriving socialist nation pioneered by President Kim Il Sung and advanced by Kim Jong Il, Hong noted.

Hong courteously proposed to elect Kim Jong Un as a delegate to the WPK Conference, representing the unanimous will and desire of all the delegates, the party members and other people in the province.

Ryang Hong Ju, secretary of the provincial party committee, An Guk Thae, chairman of the provincial people's committee, Mun Chan Ho, first secretary of the provincial committee of the youth league, and other speakers fully supported and approved the proposal on electing Kim Jong Un as a delegate to the WPK Conference.

The speakers made a firm pledge to implement the behests of Kim Jong Il without the slightest concession and deviation and positively contribute to accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche and the cause of building a thriving nation under the leadership of Kim Jong Un.

The conference unanimously adopted a decision on electing Kim Jong Un as a delegate to the WPK Conference, reflecting the will and desire of all the party members and other people in the province.

The conference elected delegates to the WPK Conference.