Int'l Preparatory Committee for Meeting Praising Great Persons of Mt. Paektu Sends Appeal to World Progressives

  Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- The international preparatory committee for 2017 Meeting Praising Great Persons of Mt. Paektu sent an appeal to all progressive people in the world on Oct. 6.
    The appeal said that the year 2017 marks the 105th birth anniversary of President

Kim Il Sung, the 75th birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il and the 5th anniversary of Marshal Kim Jong Un's election to the top posts of the party and state of the DPRK.
    The international preparatory committee decided to hold the meeting, an international event of world progressives, in Mt. Paektu and Pyongyang in the DPRK in August next year associated with the exploits Kim Il Sung performed for the country's liberation and Kim Jong Il's Songun leadership feats, the appeal noted, and went on:
    Let us stir up the atmosphere of praising the great persons of Mt. Paektu through brisk celebration events worldwide for lauding their undying exploits on the significant holidays in 2017.
    Let us celebrate with splendor the birth anniversary of H.E. Kim Jong Un in January next year and conduct brisk colorful political and cultural activities till December marking the birth anniversary of anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk in the wake of the celebrations of the Day of the Shining Star and the Day of the Sun and thus make the whole year of 2017 clad in festive mood.
    Let us make the great feats performed by the great persons of Mt. Paektu always known to the whole world and glorify them for all ages.
    Let us highly praise the great ideology and leadership of the great persons of Mt. Paektu and their noble virtues and conduct positive activities for writing and creating books and literary and art works introducing the reality of the DPRK.
    Let us stage wide-ranging international solidarity activities for supporting the just cause of the Korean people.
    The international preparatory committee will creditably fulfill its responsibility and duty in ensuring international celebrations of significant year 2017 and making preparations for the successful holding of the meeting in close touch with the regional and national preparatory committees, the organizations for friendship and solidarity with the Korean people in different countries and the international democratic bodies. -0