The decree said:

Kim Jong Il was the Songun commander of Mt. Paektu and peerless patriot who smashed the imperialist reactionaries' moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK with the might of Songun for more than half a century and made the history and tradition of winning a victory in the war shine century after century.

He grasped the Juche-based military idea and war methods of President Kim Il Sung at the operational table of the Supreme Command in his teens. Accompanying the President during journeys for Songun leadership, he remarkably developed the Korean People's Army into the army of the leader and the Workers' Party of Korea and wisely led the struggle to implement the party's military line.

He formulated the Songun politics as the main political mode under socialism, thus providing a powerful treasured sword for defending the country and waging the anti-imperialist, anti-U.S. struggle. He wrought astonishing miracles by bringing a lot of events to be specially recorded in the history of the Korean nation spanning 5 000 years.

The Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK confers Order Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Victory in FLW upon Kim Jong Il, reflecting the unanimous will and desire of all service personnel and people of the country on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the victory in the war.