Attending it were Kim Yong Nam, Hwang Pyong So, Pak Pong Ju and other senior party, state and army officials, the chairperson of a friendly party, officials of the party and armed forces organs, ministries and national institutions, service personnel of the Korean People's Army, officials of organs, factories and enterprises in Pyongyang, those related to revolutionary activities of the great leaders, those who had the honor of being received by the great leaders, bereaved families of revolutionary martyrs, working people, and scientists, technicians, workers and officials who contributed to the successful launch of Kwangmyongsong-4, overseas Koreans and the chief of the Pyongyang mission of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front.

Present there on invitation were foreign diplomatic envoys and representatives of international bodies, military attaches of foreign embassies here and other foreign guests.

Kim Yong Nam, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, made a report.

The birth of Kim Jong Il as the Shining Star of Mt. Paektu meant a great fortune for Korea as it provided a bright future for the revolutionary cause of Juche, and marked a worldwide event which promised a rosy future of the cause of human independence, the reporter said, and went on:

Kim Jong Il was a legendary great man and the eternal leader of revolution as he performed the greatest feats to shine long in the annals of the country despite the most arduous ordeals in history during the whole period of his revolutionary life.

He comprehensively reviewed the 100-year history of thought of the preceding working class and made a scientific clarification of the profundity, originality and great role of the revolutionary idea of President Kim Il Sung in bringing about changes and thus made the Juche idea throw its rays as the guiding idea in the era of independence.

He developed in depth the President's idea of attaching importance to arms into the Songun revolutionary idea and Songun political theory and put forward the theory of building a thriving socialist nation.

He gave encyclopedic answers to the theoretical and practical issues raised by the times, revolution and history, remarkably developing and enriching the treasured house of the Juche idea and indicating the road of accomplishing the cause of the Korean revolution and the cause of global independence.

He developed the Workers' Party of Korea, state and army into the ones of the President.

He successfully carried forward the President's idea of attaching importance to youth and built the young people as the heroes of the times and the reliable reserves of the party and thus made the DPRK demonstrate its might as the youth power without an equal in the world.

He built the DPRK into a matchless military power. This is the eternal feat he performed for the country and revolution.

He ushered in a new era of the country's prosperity unprecedented in the national history spanning five thousand years with a grand plan to build the DPRK into the most dignified and rich and powerful socialist nation in the world.

The historic June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration were provided and an epochal phase of the movement for national reunification advancing in the idea of By Our Nation Itself was opened thanks to his Songun politics of love for the country, nation and people.

He developed the foreign relations of the country onto a new high stage under the uplifted banner of independence, peace and friendship and thereby consolidated the international position of Songun Korea and made a great contribution to accomplishing the cause of human independence.

He successfully settled the issue of succession to the leadership for accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche as required by the times and desired by the people. This is the greatest feat he performed for the party and revolution, the country and its people.

The reporter called upon all the service personnel and people to bring about new great changes in all fields of the revolution and construction and bring earlier the building of a thriving socialist nation, true to the lifelong intention and desire of Kim Jong Il.

His revolutionary career and feats will throw their rays forever and the DPRK will turn into the best country to fully demonstrate its dignity and might as Marshal Kim Jong Un is standing at the helm of the Songun revolution, the reporter concluded.