The international secretary of the Movement for Peace and Socialism of Italy said Kim Jong Il's was a life of a great revolutionary who devoted his all to the prosperity of the country and national reunification.

The director-general of the European Society for the Study of the Juche Idea and the chief of the Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism Study Group in Fermo of Italy recalled with deep emotion on the brilliant career of Kim Jong Il, a great man who dynamically pushed forward the cause of global independence with his unparalleled outstanding idea and wise leadership.

The general secretary of the Sind Provincial Committee of the Pakistan Awami National Party in a speech paid profound tribute to Kim Jong Il who turned the DPRK into a socialist power independent in politics, self-supporting in the economy and self-reliant in national defence.

The chairman of the Ostfold County Committee of the Communist Party of Norway who is chairman of the Norwegian Joint Committee for Remembering Leader Kim Jong Il praised Kim Jong Il for his great contributions to building a thriving socialist nation and reunifying the country with his Songun revolutionary leadership.

Seminars were held in Bulgaria and Egypt and round-table talks in Democratic Congo on December 12 and 13.