Ri Myong Gil, chairman of the C.C., the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea, made a report to be followed by speeches.

The reporter and speakers said that Kim Jong Il's birth on Mt. Paektu was the great fortune of the nation that promised the bright future of Kim Il Sung's Korea and an event of worldwide significance that opened a bright prospect of the human cause of independence.

Kim Jong Il was the peerless politician and Songun brilliant commander who brought about a revolutionary turn for the first time in the 5 000-year-old national history in all fields of politics, military affairs, economy and culture with his outstanding idea and energetic leadership, they said, adding:

Thanks to his endless devotion and efforts, the flame of the agricultural revolution raged and hundreds of thousands of hectares were rezoned as befitting the land of socialist Korea, creating the sea of fruit trees.

His revolutionary career and feats are being further glorified under the leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un.

They called for getting united close around the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea headed by Kim Jong Un and devoting sweats of patriotism to the struggle for translating into reality Kim Jong Il's desire for building the prosperous country.

Present at the meeting were Ri Il Hwan, department director of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea, officials of the union and those concerned and agricultural workers.