UN General Assembly
1998

subordination and to ensure equality among all countries and nations, independence should be realized throughout the world. Only when all Member States adhere to the Juche character and the national character and firmly maintain independence in all fields of State activities can international peace and security also be ensured. At the first session of the tenth Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, held on 5 September this year, our people unanimously reelected with high esteem the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il as Chairman of the National Defence Committee. The chairmanship of the National Defence Committee is the highest post of the State, organizing and leading the work of defending the country and the destiny of the people, as well as strengthening and increasing the defence capabilities of the country and State power as a whole through command over all its political, military and economic forces. It is a sacred and important post that symbolizes and represents the honour of the country and the dignity of the nation.