Present there were Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, officials concerned, the co-chairpersons of the organizing committee, including Kim Jong Suk, chairwoman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, Peter Woods, co-chairman of the Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for Supporting Peaceful Reunification of Korea, and Damian Ogbonna, chairman of the African Regional Committee for Friendship and Solidarity with the Korean People, and members of the organizing committee, delegations and delegates of organizations for friendship and solidarity with the Korean people and international democratic organizations.