The statement said:

Kim Jong Il left as heritage the great exploits guaranteeing the eternal foundation of socialist Korea and its rosy future.

With outstanding wisdom as his inborn disposition, he formulated the revolutionary idea of President Kim Il Sung, father of socialist Korea, as the integral system of ideology, theory and method of Juche through his energetic ideological and theoretical activities.

He established the Songun idea by developing the idea and line of attaching importance to the army and the military affairs set forth by the President as required by the times and put forward it as treasured sword of sure victory for implementing the cause of independence.

He strengthened the Workers' Party of Korea into the ever-victorious guiding force. He turned the DPRK into the unbreakable bulwark of socialism and the Korean People's Army into the matchless army by pursuing the Songun politics.

He made the whole society a large family of single-minded unity through his benevolent politics of love and trust.

He brought about an epochal phase for building a thriving socialist nation.

The undying exploits he performed all his life will shine long as the noblest heritage guaranteeing the victory of socialism in Korea and the accomplishment of the human cause of independence.