WFP Emergency Report No. 13 of 2003 중 북한과 이라크 관련 부
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From David Morton, Director of the Transport,

< Iraq >

(a) WFP will begin bringing new food aid supplies into Iraq
when security conditions permit. Most Iraqi families are
entirely dependent on monthly food handouts and on average it
is estimated that most Iraqi families not being displaced
will have enough food supplies to last them until the end of
April. WFP has not yet received any reports about extreme
food shortages in areas of conflict in the south, but
information on Basra is scanty. In the north, the situation
in Sulaymaniyah became more tense on 25 March due to the
recent bombardments in Tawella and Halabja areas, and
possible counter attacks. Most displaced people are staying
with relatives and friends, but some are housed in mosques
and schools. On 26 March, 95 percent of the bakeries in
Sulaymaniyah were working, but less than half the shops
remained open. Since the closure of the route to central
Iraq, prices of vegetables, wheat flour and vegetable ghee
have risen 100 percent. The price of petrol has risen by 60
percent, following the cease in supplies from GoI-controlled
territory but fuel is still getting through from Iran.

(b) WFP food distributions in Erbil have been scaled down due
to reduced levels of stock. WFP has concentrated on
distributing to areas where residents are hosting displaced
relatives. WFP visited 50 food agents and reported that 60
percent of families had collected their rations. Schools have
been closed since the war began.


< DPR Korea >

(a) In response to an urgent appeal last month by the UN
Secretary-General, new contributions were pledged or
confirmed this week. A contribution of 9,170 tons of dried
skimmed milk, valued at USD 17.32 million, was confirmed and
is expected to arrive in June. The contribution will be used
for the local production of fortified blended foods and
biscuits to be distributed to pregnant and nursing women and
children. On 27 March, WFP, WHO and UNICEF welcomed another
pledge of almost USD 20 million for emergency feeding and
healthcare programmes in DPR Korea. 100,000 tonnes of maize
valued at USD 18 million will be provided to WFP for food
aid, USD 500,000 will be provided to UNICEF for child health
and nutrition programmes and USD 700,000 will be provided to
WHO for malaria prevention.

(b) Following recent confirmed contributions, food
distribution needs for all beneficiary groups will be met
until the end of April and for some groups well into May.
Additional pledges of about 241,600 tons are required for the
remainder of 2003, including 207,800 tons of cereals, 11,000
tons of corn soya milk, 4,300 tons of sugar, 15,500 tons of
pulses and 3,000 tons of oil. The level of funding secured by
UN agencies, non-governmental organisations and the Red Cross
movement still remain short of the USD 225 million required
to fully implement humanitarian programmes in DPRK. WFP and
UNICEF have repeatedly warned that the considerable
improvements achieved in child malnutrition rates since 1998,
could be lost without continued, substantial aid. Survey
results announced last month indicated that the proportion of
young children underweight had dropped from 61 percent to 21
percent; wasting, or acute malnutrition, fell from 16 percent
to 9 percent; and stunting, or chronic malnutrition, was down
from 62 percent to 42 percent. But the underweight rate
remained "high" and the stunting rate "very high", according
to WHO criteria.