H.E. Kim Il Sung
Online Celebrating Lecture being held on 8th April, 2022
Organized by the Preparatory Committee for celebrating the Day of the Sun
1. Theme; “Priceless Wealth of H.E. Kim Il Sung”
2. Participants; ·
Moderator – Comrade Newton Balenzi · Comrade Isoke Baguma, former chairperson of Land commission, · Comrade Mayambala Lawrence, Country Director, Ugandan National Committee for the study of Juche idea · Comrade Daniel Rugarama, Chairman of the Ugandan National Executive Committee, PAM and Deputy country director, Ugandan National Committee for the study of Juche idea · Mr. Martin Mukasa, Chairperson, Uganda-DPRK Friendship Association, Mrs. Kyeyune Justin, Deputy chairperson of the Friendship Association, Mr. Stephen Mateeka, Secretary of the Friendship Association · MPs, Members of NRM, Juche idea adherents and members of PAM etc.,
3. Content of lecture Priceless wealth of H.E. Kim Il Sung Many people in the world think money is everything. But there is something that cannot be bought or exchanged with money.
It is noble ideology and spirit. President Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) regarded noble ideology and spirit as the most precious wealth of revolutionaries. For him, money and material wealth are meaningful only for the people’s welfare. He never linked money or wealth with his life.
Although he devoted his all to the victory of the Korean revolution and the cause of global independence shouldering the heavy burden of state affairs, he refused all the proposals of the officials to raise his salary.
The following story is a good example. In November 1993, a meeting for accounting and income distribution was held at the Wonhwa Cooperative Farm, Phyongwon County, South Phyongan Province. The meeting adopted a resolution on presenting 102 485 won to Kim Il Sung who was an honorary member of the farm. It was the sum of the savings of the share of Kim Il Sung who had worked for the farm since the time of the cooperativization of socialist agriculture after the Korean war (1950-1953).
He had striven to boost the farm since the day when he had sowed seeds together with the farmers during the war. It was an expression of their gratitude for his devoted efforts. But Kim Il Sung ensured that tractors, trucks and farming machines were purchased with the money for the farm.
There is the International Friendship Exhibition House in Mt Myohyang, which is famous for its superb scenic beauty. Displayed there are numerous precious gifts presented to President Kim Il Sung by party leaders, personages, organizations and institutes of various countries of the world.
President Kim Il Sung never thought that the gifts were for him alone. He said that all the gifts for him belonged to the country, not to him and so they must be displayed in the exhibition house. In general, politicians do not make public the gifts they received. Regarding them as an expression of their personalities and dignity, they keep and use them for themselves. It is common that they make them a source of pride in their personalities even when they show them to others. But President Kim Il Sung turned all the gifts presented to him into the wealth of the country and the people which will be handed down generation after generation.
4. Comments left by participants
We are so pleased to join the world progressive people to celebrate the Day of the Sun.
Many people in the world think money is everything. But there is something that cannot be bought or exchanged with money. It is noble ideology and spirit. President Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) regarded noble ideology and spirit as the most precious wealth of revolutionaries. For him, money and material wealth are meaningful only for the people’s welfare. He never linked money or wealth with his life.
Although he devoted his all to the victory of the Korean revolution and the cause of global independence shouldering the heavy burden of state affairs, he refused all the proposals of the officials to raise his salary.
The following story is a good example. In November 1993, a meeting for accounting and income distribution was held at the Wonhwa Cooperative Farm, Phyongwon County, South Phyongan Province. The meeting adopted a resolution on presenting 102 485 won to Kim Il Sung who was an honorary member of the farm. It was the sum of the savings of the share of
Kim Il Sung who had worked for the farm since the time of the cooperativization of socialist agriculture after the Korean war (1950-1953). He had striven to boost the farm since the day when he had sowed seeds together with the farmers during the war. It was an expression of their gratitude for his devoted efforts. But Kim Il Sung ensured that tractors, trucks and farming machines were purchased with the money for the farm. There is the International Friendship Exhibition House in Mt Myohyang, which is famous for its superb scenic beauty. Displayed there are numerous precious gifts presented to President Kim Il Sung by party leaders, personages, organizations and institutes of various countries of the world.
President Kim Il Sung never thought that the gifts were for him alone. He said that all the gifts for him belonged to the country, not to him and so they must be displayed in the exhibition house. In general, politicians do not make public the gifts they received. Regarding them as an expression of their personalities and dignity, they keep and use them for themselves. It is common that they make them a source of pride in their personalities even when they show them to others. But President Kim Il Sung turned all the gifts presented to him into the wealth of the country and the people which will be handed down generation after generation. The noble whole life of people-loving and patriotic sacrifice of H.E. Kim Il Sung as the great leader will forever shine in the Korean revolutionary history.
Today’s brilliant successes achieved by the Korean people cannot be thought apart from the sacrifice and devotion of H.E. Kim Il Sung. We highly appreciate H.E. Kin Jong Un over his wise leadership in leading the Korean people to constructing a powerful socialist nation and congratulate H.E. Kin Jong Un and the Korean people over great successes in the Korean revolution.
In the case of example in the DPRK, any people can enjoy peace and development of their lives without any interference of outside forces if they uphold a brilliant and great leader, in high esteem, who leads his country in the view of strategic plans and makes firmly people rallied as one on the basis of revolutionary idea which the desire and demands of the people has been reflected. We are sure that under the wise leadership of H.E Kin Jong Un, the day will surely come when the Korean people reunite the country as one in independent and peaceful way without any interference of foreign forces.
Indeed, H.E. Kim Il Sung will forever remain a strong and firm pillar in the hearts of the progressive people in their struggle for global independence. By, Moderator of the Seminar; Newton Balenzi, Preparatory Committee for celebrating the Day of the Sun
