In June Juche 89 (2000), Kim Jong Il put forward the idea of By Our Nation Itself as the core of the joint declaration and led all the fellow countrymen to positively turning out in the national reunification movement.

The idea is a patriotic aphorism which enables the entire nation to get united with one intention, irrespective of ideology, political view, religious belief, social system and affiliation, and a patriotic proposition which makes the Korean people harden their will to reject foreign forces and resolve national issues by their own efforts.

Thanks to Kim Jong Il's steadfast will, the October 4 declaration, a programme for implementing the June 15 joint declaration, was adopted in October 2007 to instill into all Koreans the confidence in the national reunification and promote the opening and advance of the new era of By Our Nation Itself.

Now, the Korean people has made a big stride forward the independent reunification along with the Panmunjom declaration for peace, prosperity and reunification of the Korean peninsula adopted on April 27.

The Panmunjom summit meeting and talks and adoption of the April 27 declaration are historic national events brought about by the respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un who always remains true to Kim Jong Il's instructions for national reunification.

The feats performed by Kim Jong Il in opening up the new era of By Our Nation Itself are further adorned with the leadership of Kim Jong Un who provided a programme of independent reunification, successor to the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration, for the new era of history.