Mikhail Panchenko, general secretary of the International Alliance of Societies for the Study of the Juche Idea and Songun Policy in East European and Central Asian Regions, was elected chairman of the committee.

The committee decided to send a message to supreme leader Kim Jong Un, organize significant political and cultural events to praise the feats of Kim Jong Il and adopted a decision to hold an international seminar on the Juche idea between March and April 2017.