The statement said:

Comrade Kim Il Sung was a peerlessly great man.

He will always live in the hearts of the world people.

He founded the Juche idea, guiding idea for human liberation.

He led the two revolutionary wars to victories and built a Korean-style socialist system under which the people have become master of everything and everything serves them.

He regarded believing in people as in Heaven as his motto, pursued genuine politics centered on the popular masses, enforced free education and free medical care and abolished all sorts of taxation.

This was a miracle in modern history.

He was always among the people, providing ceaseless field guidance. He made ceaseless journeys for the people even in the last period of his life.

He was an outstanding thinker and theoretician and philosopher who wrote many works.

He struggled against U.S.-led imperialism and made a great contribution to the peace and stability in the Asia and the rest of the world.