Present there were the deputies to the SPA, and as observers officials concerned in Pyongyang and local areas including those of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Standing Committee of the SPA, the Cabinet, armed forces and law enforcement organs and financial sector.
Taking the platform were Kim Tok Hun, Member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK and Vice-President of the State Affairs Commission and Premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK, Choe Ryong Hae, Member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK and First Vice-President of the State Affairs Commission and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the SPA of the DPRK, Ri Pyong Chol, Member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and Secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, and other senior officials of the Party, the government and the military, the chairman and vice-chairpersons of the SPA, members of the State Affairs Commission and vice-chairmen, the secretary general and members of the Standing Committee of the SPA.
The session decided the following agenda items:
First, on amending and supplementing some contents of the Socialist Constitution of the DPRK
Second, on deliberating and adopting the law of the DPRK on ensuring the rights of the disabled
Third, on deliberating and adopting the law of the DPRK on irrigation
Fourth, on deliberating and adopting the law of the DPRK on public servants
Fifth, on reviewing the enforcement of the law of the DPRK on financial sector
Sixth, on naming the National Aerospace Development Administration of the DPRK the National Aerospace Technology General Bureau of the DPRK
Seventh, on the organizational matter
The respected Comrade
Pak In Chol, Chairman of the SPA, presided over the session.
As the session was declared open, the national anthem of the DPRK was played.
Deputy Choe Ryong Hae, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the SPA, made a report on the first agenda item.
He said that reflected in the draft amendment and supplement are the contents that the DPRK, a responsible nuclear weapons state, develops highly nuclear weapons to ensure the rights to existence and development of the country, deter war and defend peace and stability in the region and the rest of the world, and that the mission of the armed forces of the Republic is to defend the national sovereignty and territorial integrity and the rights and interests of the people, protect the socialist system and the gains of the revolution from all threats and guarantee peace and prosperity of the country with powerful military capabilities. And he brought up the draft amendment and supplement for discussion at the session of the SPA.
The session adopted an ordinance of the SPA of the DPRK "On Amending and Supplementing Some Contents of the Socialist Constitution of the DPRK" with unanimous approval.
When he finished his speech, all the participants gave enthusiastic cheers and applause, full of emotion and joy at having received the ever-victorious action programme for dynamic strengthening of the matchless national power of socialist Korea, an immortal programme promoting the building of an ideal society for the people.
The session discussed the draft laws of the DPRK on ensuring the rights of the disabled, irrigation and public servants as next agenda items.
Deputy Kang Yun Sok, Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the SPA, made a report on the second, third and fourth agenda items.
The Standing Committee of the SPA brought up the draft law of the DPRK on ensuring the rights of the disabled, the draft law of the DPRK on irrigation and the draft law of the DPRK on public servants for discussion at the session, under Article 95 of the Socialist Constitution.
Speeches on the second, third and fourth agenda items were made.
After examining and supplementing the deputies' constructive opinions, the session adopted the ordinances of the SPA of the DPRK "On Adopting the Law of the DPRK on Ensuring the Rights of the Disabled", "On Adopting the Law of the DPRK on Irrigation" and "On Adopting the Law of the DPRK on Public Servants".
The session discussed "On reviewing the enforcement of the law of the DPRK on financial sector" as its fifth agenda item.
Deputy Pak Jong Gun, Vice-Premier of the Cabinet and concurrently Chairman of the State Planning Commission, made a report, which was followed by speeches.
At the session, a resolution on the fifth agenda item was adopted with unanimous approval.
The session discussed "On naming the National Aerospace Development Administration of the DPRK the National Aerospace Technology General Bureau of the DPRK" as its sixth agenda item and adopted a resolution on it with unanimous approval.
The session discussed the organizational matter as its seventh agenda item.
Members of the Cabinet were newly appointed.
Members of sectional committees of the SPA were recalled and by-elected.
Pak In Chol, Chairman of the SPA, made a closing address.