A ceremony for observing World Migratory Birds Day took place at the Mundok Migrants Sanctuary on Sunday.

It was attended by Jong Yong Nam, vice-minister of Land and Environment Protection, officials of the relevant units including ministries, national institution and scientific research institutes, Douglas Watkins, chief executive of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership, members of foreign embassies and missions of international bodies here and foreign migrants experts.

Speeches were made.

There was a briefing on World Migratory Birds Day and the Mundok Migrants Sanctuary.

The participants looked round the photos showing migrants and wetlands at the sanctuary and saw a video on wetlands in the DPRK.

They watched an amusement game of schoolchildren on the theme of protection of migrants and observed swan geese, a major migrant species at the sanctuary.