Line-up of Organizing Committee of the International Festival in Praise of the Great Persons of Mt. Paektu
1. Co-chairpersons
1) Peter Robert Woods
Ambassador, United Cities and Local Governments (Asia-Pacific)
Co-Chair & Director of Executive Bureau, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
National Patron, Australia-DPRK Friendship and Cultural Society
2) Damian Uzoma Ogbonna
National Chairman, Peoples Progressive Party of Nigeria
Chairman, African Committee for Friendship and Solidarity with the Korean People
3) Jesus Antonio Carlos Hernandez
General Secretary, Central Committee of People’s Socialist Party of Mexico
1st Vice Chairman, Latin American and Caribbean Regional Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification
4) Victor Petrov
Chairman, Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK
5) Yahia Zakaria Khiralla
Vice-Chairman, Freedom Socialists Party of Egypt
Co-Chairman, Arab Committee for Friendship and Solidarity with the Korean People
Chairman, Egypt-DPRK Friendship Association
6) Himori Fumihiro
Chairman, Japan Committee of Supporting for the Independent & Peaceful Reunification of Korea
Co-Chairman, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
7) Hon. Madhav Kumar Nepal
Former Prime Minister of Nepal
Chairman, Communist Party (United Socialist) of Nepal
Co-Chair, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
8) Dr. Dogu Perincek
Chairman, Vatan Party of Turkey
Co-Chair, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
9) Christer Lundgren
Chairman, Sweden-Korea Friendship Association
10) So Ho Won
Chairman, the DPRK Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Chairman, Korean Committee for Solidarity with the World People
2. Vice-chairpersons
1) C. P. Mainali
General Secretary, Central Committee, Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
Life Member, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for Peaceful Reunification of Korea
Chairman, Nepal National Commission for President KIM IL SUNG and Comrade KIM JONG IL
Chairman, Korea-Nepal Friendship Association
2) Nigatu Dagnachew Cherinet
Chairman, Ethiopia-DPRK Friendship and Solidarity Committee
3) Pak Kyong Il
Vice Chairman, the DPRK Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Vice Chairman, Korean Committee for Solidarity with the World People
4) Rita Rojas Farfan
Director of Kim Jong Suk Library, Peru
Secretary of international relations of People's Union of Peruvian Women
5) Dr. Dermot Hudson
Chairman, UK Korean Friendship Association
3. Members
1) Neil Fitzgerald
National President, Australia-DPRK Friendship and Cultural Society
Member, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
2) Norma G. Binas
Secretary General, Philippines-Korea Solidarity and Friendship Association
Joint Secretary, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
3) Raymond Ferguson
National Secretary, Australia-DPRK Friendship and Cultural Society
Joint Secretary, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
4) Javed Ansari
President, Pakistan-Korea Friendship and Solidarity Committee
Joint Secretary, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
5) Teguh Santosa
Chairman, Indonesia-Korea Friendship and Cultural Exchange
Director of Public Information Bureau, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
6) Peter Wilson
Secretary, New Zealand-DPRK Society
Member of Executive Bureau, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
7) Leonid Shkolnikov
Chairman, Standing Committee of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Belorussian National Association of Friends of the Korean People
8) Alejandro Cao de Benos
President, Korean Friendship Association
9) Pekka Kotkasaari
Chairman, Finland-Korea Society
10) Martin Lotscher
Chairman, Switzerland-Korea Committee
11) Igor Jurisic
Chairman, Slovenia Korea Friendship Association
12) Manfred Schneider
Chairman, Study Group for Korean Culture, Germany
13) Bonakele Majuba
Member of Parliament
Secretary, Mpumalanga Provincial Committee of Communist Party of South Africa
President, South Africa Solidarity and Friendship Association with Korean People
14) Julio Cesar Ballesteros Espin
Chairman, Guaranda Association for Friendship, Culture and Solidarity with Korean People, Ecuador
15) Rosanita Monteiro De Campos
Member, National Political Commission, Central Committee, Communist Party of Brazil
Councilor, Brazil-DPRK Friendship Association
Director, Claudio Campos Foundation
16) Kosima Weber Liu
Executive Director, Environmental Education Media Project (EEMP)
17) Ryu Kyong Il
Executive Director, Korea-Europe Cultural Exchange Promotion Association
18) Ko Myong Hun
Secretary General, Korea-Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Friendship Society
Secretary General, Korea-Africa Friendship Society
19) Hakki Erman Ergincan
Chairman, Turkey-Korea Friendship Association
Joint Secretary, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
20) Phanindra Raj Pant
Secretary, Nepal National Memorial Commission for President KIM IL SUNG and Comrade KIM JONG IL
Secretary General, Nepal-Korea Friendship Association
Member of Executive Bureau, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
21) Nikolai Amand
Chairman, Denmark-DPRK Friendship Association
22) Kamel Douha
President of Algeria-Korea Friendship Association
23) Lohekele Kalonda Andre
First Vice-chairman of DR.C-Korea Friendship and Solidarity Association
National President of DR.C Working-Class Civil Association
24) Kim Kwang Il
Vice Chairman, Korea Asia-Pacific Exchange
25) Ri Song Ho
Director, Korean Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
4. Secretariat
Secretary General
Pak Kyong Il
Vice Chairman, the DPRK Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Secretaries
1) Raymond Ferguson
National Secretary, Australia-DPRK Friendship and Cultural Society
Joint Secretary, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
2) Javed Ansari
President, Pakistan-Korea Friendship and Solidarity Committee
Joint Secretary, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
3) Julio Cesar Ballesteros Espin
Chairman, Guaranda Association for Friendship, Culture and Solidarity with Korean People, Ecuador
4) Manfred Schneider
Chairman, Study Group for Korean Culture, Germany
5) Teguh Santosa
Chairman, Indonesia-Korea Friendship and Cultural Exchange
Director of Public Information Bureau, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
6) Lohekele Kalonda Andre
First Vice-chairman of DR.C-Korea Friendship and Solidarity Association
National President of DR.C Working-Class Civil Association
