I urge everyone to support the NGOs' fundraising campaigns. No problems have been reported at the common spent fuel pool. River barriers that North Korean authorities built to help irrigate crops affected by a recent drought may have contributed to the destruction caused by floods in certain parts of the country, sources inside the isolated nation said. Prime Minister inspects damage to embankment of Pyidawtha-Yegyanbyin railroad section. Support to national health structures in undertaking mass measles immunisation campaigns is being accelerated. The widespread addition of iodine to salt has almost eliminated goitre and other iodine deficiency symptoms in many countries. Not all survivors of the virus, which has been rampant in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since earlier this year and killed some 70 percent of patients, suffer the symptoms, the extremes of which include amenorrhea (the absence of menstruation) and erectile dysfunction. Relief workers were especially concerned that marooned villagers were being forced to drink contaminated floodwater, thus exacerbating the risk of water-borne disease, especially among children and the elderly. We are particularly worried about Somalia right now and it is vital that we reach those at the epicentre of the famine with food assistance  -  especially the highly fortified nutritious products that are so important for vulnerable children. OCHA is prepared to serve as a channel for cash contributions to be used for immediate relief assisstance, in coordination with relavent organizations in the United Nations system. Sudan's health ministry is distributing chlorine to sterilise water, repairing latrines and spraying insecticides to try to stop the spread of cholera and malaria after the worst floods in living memory. Despite these moves towards more permanent arrangements, a large number of displaced people remain camped in public buildings and tented accommodation. An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited Zimbabwe from 25 April to 11 May 2001 to estimate the production of the main season cereal and pulse crops, forecast the 2001/02 winter season production and assess food import requirements. Terrorist attacks or flare up of violence are considered possible especially in the view of winter coming and during Ramadan which usually shows an increase of such activities by extremist militants. It has been set up with the purpose of choosing Afghanistan's first freely elected government in twenty-three years. In efforts aimed at finding a lasting solution to the problem that has become recurrent, Katima Mulilo mayor, Charles Matengu said the council is looking at sourcing a standby generator in order to avert a similar situation in future. The club is distributing bottled water, dry food (peanuts, roasted gram, rice, jaggery), food, clothes, and tarpaulins. Our patients continued to be mostly women and children suffering from dehydration, presumed malaria, respiratory infections, dysentery, diarrhea rashes and injuries. The classic problem of providing assistance to war criminals or 'genocidaires' who found themselves among the hundreds of thousands of refugees in camps in Eastern Zaire and Tanzania would not have emerged if UNHCR and states had implemented the Refugee Convention and had separated (and prosecuted) these people from genuine refugees. Besides supplying the initial starter seed paddy and agro-chemicals, Wanigasuriya and his officers provide valuable advice on planting techniques, weed control and harvesting times. Now that the rainy period has started water is all over the place, but it is highly polluted. (b) Sierra Leonean refugees displaced in south-east Guinea continue to be repatriated to Freetown. The first two years' work involves dredging 67.5km of key channel systems and four retention basins, as well as repairing 42km of embankments, the report said. As we recognize the importance of the smooth management of refugee areas and improving their capabilities, we will stock adequate emergency supplies and install solar power generators which will allow us to secure energy at the time of a disaster.