Kim Jong Il International Prize.

[Olegoss]

Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- The International Kim Jong Il Prize was instituted reflecting the unanimous desire and aspiration of progressive humankind to glorify the immortal feats and noble revolutionary life of leader Kim Jong Il . The International Kim Jong Il Prize Council made public a decision to institute the International Kim Jong Il Prize on December 24, the 21st anniversary of his assumption of supreme commander of the Korean People's Army.
The council institutes the International Kim Jong Il Prize to glorify the great feats he performed for global peace and security, progress and prosperity of humankind, it stressed.
The prize will be awarded to prominent figures of political, social and academic circles and businessmen of all countries who made tangible contributions to the struggle for independence of the country.
The diploma of the prize, gold medal and cup shall be conferred upon a winner of the prize.
The prize shall be awarded in principle on the occasion of the Day of the Shining Star, birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il