They included Ibrahim Mantu, who is former deputy president of Senate of the National Assembly of Nigeria, chairman of the Nigeria-Korea Friendship Association and co-chairman of the International Preparatory Committee, Anders Kristensen, chairman of the Denmark-DPRK Friendship Association who doubles as co-chairman of the Int'l Preparatory Committee and chairman of the Danish preparatory committee, Yousfe Al Amiri, chairman of the Kuwait-DPRK Friendship Association who is co-chairman of the Int'l Preparatory Committee, and Sumiko Shimizu, representative of the Japanese Women's Society for Solidarity with the Korean Women who is chairperson of the Japanese Preparatory Committee and co-chairperson of the Int'l Preparatory Committee.