The message said that last year was a year of great victory in which the dignity and might of the great Paektusan nation was fully demonstrated to the whole world and a more solid foundation laid for the prosperity of the nation and the final victory in the cause of national reunification under the wise leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un.

Your election as chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK by the unanimous will and absolute trust of all the people in the north meant a great fortune for the compatriots and marked a great event in the human history as it promised a bright prospect for Juche Korea and the rosy future of national reunification, it said, adding:

Last year the national strength of Juche Korea which no formidable enemy dares attack was demonstrated at the highest level, deeply impressing the whole world.

You hastened the final victory in the building of a powerful socialist country of Juche and the cause of national reunification with your distinguished idea and leadership, shouldering upon yourself the destiny of the era and the nation. Your long journey of patriotic devotion will brilliantly shine, recorded in the year of 2016.

The message evinced the resolution to cement the ranks of AINDF into ranks of loyalty that follow as one in mind Marshal Kim Jong Un, holding the great Generalissimos Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in high esteem for all ages in any storm and stress, and staunchly fight for the victory of the revolutionary movement and the cause of national independence under the great banner of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism.