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Functions held to mark 3rd anniversary of inter-Korean joint declaration

KCNA

    Pyongyang, June 15 (KCNA) -- A photo exhibition was held at the Grand People's Study House today to mark the historic June 15 North-South Joint Declaration. Displayed there were photographs showing immortal leadership exploits of Kim Jong Il who has exerted tireless efforts for the reunification of the country and achievements made by Koreans in the north and the south and overseas in the movement for national reconciliation, unity, peace and reunification under the banner of the declaration, more than 150 in all.
    Kim Yong Dae, chairman of the North Side's Preparatory Committee for the Grand Festival for National Reunification, made a speech there. He said that the photo exhibition would help the Korean people keenly realize once again that Kim Jong Il is a symbol of national dignity, lodestar of national reunification and the sun of the nation and deepen their conviction that they would always emerge victorious and achieve the cause of national reunification thanks to the great Songun policy.
    A seminar was held at the Grand People's Study House today to mark the day.
    Speakers including An Kyong Ho, director of the secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said, that declaration provided by Kim Jong Il to bring about an epochal turn in the movement for the reunification of the country is the most brilliant of the exploits he performed in leading the cause of reunification.
    What is important in those exploits is that he rallied broad patriotic forces for reunification close under the banner of the declaration and brought about an epochal turn in the movement for national reunification, they stressed, adding:
    The movement for national reunification is characterized by the fact that it is a movement for the great unity of all the fellow countrymen around Kim Jong Il and it has been placed on a higher level to solve the issue of reunification by the efforts of our nation itself.
    Underscoring the great significance of the great proposition of "by our nation itself" set out by him in the national history, they stressed this significance lies in that he provided a great banner of independent reunification and great national unity under which to firmly maintain and truly implement the principle of national independence, the fundamental principle of national reunification, and rally all Koreans close as a united force.
    All the achievements gained in the movement for national reunification since the publication of the declaration are the shining fruition of his great Songun leadership, the speakers said.
    They called for invariably preserving and thoroughly implementing the main spirit and fundamental idea of the declaration and resolutely struggling against all anti-reunification moves by concerted efforts of all patriotic forces for reunification.
    An art performance was given at the central youth hall today to mark the day.
    Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, and Kim Yong Dae, chairman of the C.C., the Korean Social Democratic Party who is chairman of the north side's preparatory committee of the festival, and others were among the audience.