Attending it were senior party, state and army officials including Kim Yong Nam, Choe Yong Rim, Choe Ryong Hae and Hyon Yong Chol, leading officials of party, armed forces and power organs, public organizations, ministries and national institutions, officials in the fields of science, education, literature, arts, public health and media as well as heroes, persons of merits, citizens, youth and students, overseas Koreans and the chief of the Pyongyang Mission of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front.

Kim Yong Nam, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, read out a decision of the C.C., the WPK, the Central Military Commission of the WPK and the National Defence Commission and the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK on awarding the title of DPRK Marshal to Kim Jong Un.

All the participants broke into thunderous cheers in excitement with happiness of being blessed with the illustrious leaders generation after generation and with the feelings of congratulation to the great Songun brilliant commander.

On behalf of the WPK, Choe Thae Bok, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., the WPK, took the floor.

He said that the awarding of the title of DPRK Marshal to Kim Jong Un is a manifestation of the boundless respect and loyalty of the army and people for him who brings earlier a bright future of building a prosperous nation shouldering upon himself the destiny of the party and the revolution, the country and the people.

He went on:

Kim Jong Un is the sun of Songun Korea and matchless general of Mt. Paektu who has upheld the idea and cause of Generalissimos Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and performed immortal feats in the development of the revolution of our party with his outstanding and experienced leadership.

Thanks to the great leadership of Kim Jong Un, the WPK has developed into the glorious Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il's party and the powerful guiding force of Songun revolution.

On behalf of servicepersons, Colonel General Yun Tong Hyon said that the awarding of the title of DPRK Marshal to Kim Jong Un is an auspicious event that makes an ardent desire of all the army and people come true.

Supreme Commander Kim Jong Un has regarded it as his lifelong mission to accomplish the Songun revolutionary cause of Juche and ushered in a heyday of increasing nation's capability, he said, and added:

It is the noble mission and duty of the servicepersons of the People's Army, the army of the leader and the party, to achieve the final victory of the revolutionary cause of Juche at an early date, rallied close around Kim Jong Un with one and the same thought.

On behalf of the workers, Hyon Sang Ju, chairman of the C.C., the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, said that today's event is an auspicious one of the sun's nation and an important political event of great significance in the struggle for accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche.

It has been the tradition of the DPRK workers to devotedly defend the headquarters of the revolution, break the deadlock and work miracles of history, rallied close around the party, he added.

On behalf of agricultural working people, Ri Myong Gil, chairman of the C.C., the Union of Agricultural Workers, made a speech.

All the agricultural working people are firmly convinced of the bright future of socialist rural construction under the energetic leadership of Kim Jong Un, he noted.

He vowed to bring about a turn in this year's agricultural production, keeping in mind the noble intention of Kim Jong Un, who is determined to make the people live in splendor, not tightening their belts again.

On behalf of youth and students, Jon Yong Nam, chairman of the C.C., Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, said that they will become human bombs who devotedly defend Kim Jong Un, the banner of all the victories and glory, like strong fortress and shields.

They will straightly follow the road of the revolution, absolutely believing in Marshal Kim Jong Un, he stressed.

A resolution was adopted at the meeting.