9th Congress of Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League Held in Presence of Kim Jong Un

Pyongyang, August 29 (KCNA) -- The 9th Congress of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League was held with splendor in Pyongyang on Saturday and Sunday. Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, was present at the congress. The congress approved the following agenda items: 1. "On review of work of the Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League" 2. "On review of work of the Central Auditing Commission of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League" 3. "On election of the central leadership organ of the youth league". 4. "On renaming the youth league" 5. "On revising the rules of the youth league" Jon Yong Nam, first secretary of the Central Committee of the youth league, made a report on the first agenda item. He called on the youth league organizations and the youth to perform their role as the reserves, advancing group and wing of the Party in the drive for accomplishing the socialist cause of Juche in hearty response to the important tasks set forth at the 7th Congress of the WPK. Speeches were made at the congress. The contents of the resolution of the First Plenary Meeting of the 9th Central Committee of the youth league were published at the congress. The organizing committee of the C.C., the youth league was formed. A resolution on renaming the youth league "the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League" was adopted with the unanimous approval of the delegates. Kim Jong Un made a speech at the congress. The congress will go down in the history of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il youth movement as the congress of single-minded unity and congress of loyalty which powerfully demonstrated before the whole world the faith in certain victory and will of the five million members of the young vanguard to creditably discharge their duty as the reserves, advancing group and wing of the WPK in accomplishing the socialist cause of Juche. -0-