Tenth Congress of Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea held
The Tenth Congress of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea was held in the capital city of Pyongyang on November 6 and 7.
The congress deeply analyzed and summed up the union's work during the period under review and discussed and decided on the practical tasks and ways to fully perform its mission and role as an organization of ideological education in implementing the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea by fundamentally improving the work of the union as required by the era of comprehensive development.
Present at the congress were members of the leadership of the Ninth Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea and delegates elected at its organizations at all levels. Also on hand as observers were officials of the Party and armed forces organs, ministries and national agencies, and officials concerned.
The rostrum was taken by Jo Yong Won, Member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK and Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Ju Chang Il, Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK and Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Ju Chol Gyu, Department Director of the Central Committee of the WPK, Ri Chol Man, Vice-Premier of the Cabinet and Chairman of the Agricultural Commission, members of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea, chairpersons of the provincial committees of the union, exemplary union officials and members, and officials concerned.
When the congress was declared open, the national anthem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was played.
The congress elected the presidium and secretaries.
It brought up the following agenda items for discussion.
1. Review of Work of the Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea
2. On the Revision of Rules of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea
3. Election of the Leadership of the Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea
Jo Yong Won conveyed a congratulatory message of the Central Committee of the WPK to the participants in the Tenth Congress of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea and the entire members of the union.
In the message, the Central Committee of the WPK sent warm thanks and greetings of encouragement to the agricultural workers and members of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea across the country who are supporting and following the Party with a single heart and working hard with conscience of citizens and patriotism on every field.
The message said the past five years was a period when the role of the organizations of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea was remarkably enhanced, and continued:
It is the most important change during the period under review and the most principal summing up of the 9th-term work of the union that the members of the union grew to be socialist agricultural workers and patriotic farmers and their fighting spirit and self-confidence to bring the era of transforming the countryside true to the intention of the Party have become firm as the mass ideological sentiments.
The message illuminated the main tasks and practical ways of the union to inspire the agricultural workers to make proud successes and changes from the first year of carrying out the new long-term plan and expressed the belief that the union would hold the new programme set forth by the Ninth Party Congress as the banner and accelerate our vigorously advancing cause and thus make a genuine contribution to the prosperity and development of the DPRK.
Han Jong Hyok, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea, made a report on the first agenda item, which was followed by speeches on the first agenda item.
The congress successfully discussed and decided on the second and third agenda items on the revision of rules of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea and the election of the leadership of the Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea. And a decision of the Tenth Congress of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea was adopted with unanimous approval.
A letter of pledge to respected ComradeKim Jong Un was adopted at the congress.
The congress deeply analyzed and summed up the union's work during the period under review and discussed and decided on the practical tasks and ways to fully perform its mission and role as an organization of ideological education in implementing the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea by fundamentally improving the work of the union as required by the era of comprehensive development.
Present at the congress were members of the leadership of the Ninth Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea and delegates elected at its organizations at all levels. Also on hand as observers were officials of the Party and armed forces organs, ministries and national agencies, and officials concerned.
The rostrum was taken by Jo Yong Won, Member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK and Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Ju Chang Il, Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK and Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Ju Chol Gyu, Department Director of the Central Committee of the WPK, Ri Chol Man, Vice-Premier of the Cabinet and Chairman of the Agricultural Commission, members of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea, chairpersons of the provincial committees of the union, exemplary union officials and members, and officials concerned.
When the congress was declared open, the national anthem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was played.
The congress elected the presidium and secretaries.
It brought up the following agenda items for discussion.
1. Review of Work of the Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea
2. On the Revision of Rules of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea
3. Election of the Leadership of the Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea
Jo Yong Won conveyed a congratulatory message of the Central Committee of the WPK to the participants in the Tenth Congress of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea and the entire members of the union.
In the message, the Central Committee of the WPK sent warm thanks and greetings of encouragement to the agricultural workers and members of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea across the country who are supporting and following the Party with a single heart and working hard with conscience of citizens and patriotism on every field.
The message said the past five years was a period when the role of the organizations of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea was remarkably enhanced, and continued:
It is the most important change during the period under review and the most principal summing up of the 9th-term work of the union that the members of the union grew to be socialist agricultural workers and patriotic farmers and their fighting spirit and self-confidence to bring the era of transforming the countryside true to the intention of the Party have become firm as the mass ideological sentiments.
The message illuminated the main tasks and practical ways of the union to inspire the agricultural workers to make proud successes and changes from the first year of carrying out the new long-term plan and expressed the belief that the union would hold the new programme set forth by the Ninth Party Congress as the banner and accelerate our vigorously advancing cause and thus make a genuine contribution to the prosperity and development of the DPRK.
Han Jong Hyok, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea, made a report on the first agenda item, which was followed by speeches on the first agenda item.
The congress successfully discussed and decided on the second and third agenda items on the revision of rules of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea and the election of the leadership of the Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea. And a decision of the Tenth Congress of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea was adopted with unanimous approval.
A letter of pledge to respected Comrade