Present there were lawmaker Madav Kumar Nepal who is former prime minister of Nepal and honorary chairman of the International Preparatory Committee for the Gathering 2017-Praise to the Great Persons of Mt Paektu, Peter Woods, ambassador of the United Cities and Local Governments-Asia Pacific, Damian Ogbonna, national chairman of the People's Progressive Party of Nigeria, Helmi El Hadidi, chairman of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization, Fumihiro Himori, chairman of the Japan Committee for the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea, Victor Petrov, chairman of the Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK, Anders Kristensen, chairman of the Denmark-DPRK Friendship Association, and Yehia Zakaria Khairullah, vice-chairman of the Socialist Freedom Party of Egypt, who are co-chairpersons of the International Preparatory Committee for the Gathering 2017-Praise to the Great Persons of Mt Paektu, and other personages from different countries, regions and international democratic organizations.