We used to harvest 15 carts full of manioc. A state of emergency has been proclaimed by the local authorities throughout the region. The project will support the Government of Tajikistan in increasing, to the greatest extent possible, thermal and heat energy supply from existing facilities in the shortest possible time and initiating institutional and technical measures to increase the amount and reliability of energy supplied to the population during the next two winter seasons. The tense standoff was defused when the Goma OCHA head, Jean-Charles Dupin, agreed to meet five members of SOSINYI. UNICEF has estimated the total loss at about US$7 billion. People will need blankets and further insulation from the cold. Therefore, at request of the government and the affected population Malteser International distributes purified drinking water by boats to areas with acute water shortage in the dry seasons. Troops prepared to blow up more dikes in central China on Tuesday but were building new ones in the northeast as part of desperate waterworks surgery to defend a major city and the heart of the oil industry from floods. But efforts to mobilise international support have been hindered by the Taliban's disregard for international opinion earlier this month when they destroyed ancient Buddhist statues to stop idolatry. However, one of the major roads connecting Yadong with Xigaze has resumed traffic and telecommunications services have been restored, as local authorities in Yadong have put an emergency power supply system into operation. Perennially irrigated agriculture under canals as well as independent sources were adversely affected during the drought. In the wake of the serious food shortages, the general Government policy for the livestock sector is to discourage mono-gastric animals which require grains for feed and to encourage increased ruminant herds, particularly goats and rabbits. "The world is, and will continue to be, marked by climate change, rapid population growth, uncontrolled urbanization and uncontrolled development of human and industrial activities," said H.E. Mbaye Ndiaye, Minister of the Interior, speaking at the project's opening ceremony. Polio staff at country level spend, on average, 50% of their time working on broader public health efforts, over and beyond polio eradication. We have funded -- in addition to U.S. military helicopters -- USAID has funded the International Committee of the Red Cross for five additional heavy lift helicopters. Liu Jun, a pilot with the Xinjiang military area, told Xinhua, that beside the rescue team, the helicopters airdropped 3.5 tonnes of relief goods in the river valley of Kelumutu and three villages in Altay on Saturday. "Wash your hands and feet often, never leave water inundated, make sure to perfectly boil drinking water and always put on footwear as it will prevent you from being contaminated by leptospirosis bacteria," Dien said. The resettlement site also lacks permanent structures, with pupils continuing to learn in tents. The Country Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Dr. Kamil Kamaluddeen has urged residents of New Kru Town to keep focus on lessons learnt and the successes that have been achieved in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus disease in Liberia. Despite the interim measures adopted by the Delhi High Court on 7 January 2010 requesting the immediate restoration of the homeless shelter and the protection of the displaced families, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has not yet assisted them. Many people are sleeping outdoors due to unstable structures and fear of aftershocks. Households have been encouraged to make water washing stands close to their latrines, with a place for soap, so that hand washing becomes a habit. That is why the strategy has been to gradually pave the way for a richer, healthier local diet, by adding more nutritious food to it and not necessarily eliminating traditional eating habits.The meeting began at 12:19 p.m. and ended at 12:35 p.m. Presidential Statement The full text of presidential statement S/PRST/2012/9 reads as follows: "The Security Council reiterates its strong condemnation of the forcible seizure of power from the democratically elected Government of Mali by some elements of the Malian armed forces, and recalls in this regard its press statement of 22 March 2012 and its presidential statement of 26 March 2012. *15 May 2015* From 1 January to 12 May 2015, Niger's Ministry of Public Health notified WHO of 6179 suspected cases of meningococcal meningitis, including 423 deaths. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for 907,000 Swiss francs (US$ 600,000) to provide emergency assistance to survivors of the huge tidal waves that have left at least 750 people dead and thousands feared dead in Papua New Guinea. Main activities of HUNOR and HUSZR were: coordination and control of flood protection works along the several kilometers long dams, protect the dykes with sand bags, helicopter airlift ground command, coordinate the work of sand bag filling stations, the activities of volunteers, evacuation of the population of Gyrjfalu. In the a nearby industrial city of Harbin around 400 soldiers were observed near the town centre working feverishly with heavy earthmoving equipment in an attempt to plug a dike. The snow chaos, the worst in five decades, and even in a century in a few areas, have resulted in direct economic losses worth of 111.1 billion yuan (about 15.3 billion U.S. dollars) in structural collapse, blackouts, accidents, transport problems and livestock and crop losses, according to government estimates. Each day, 1,700 women go into labour and hundreds experience complications requiring life-saving medical intervention. This will be achieved by the development of an appropriate institutional framework for the effective and sustainable management of urban wastewater in Benin, preparation of a wastewater master plan for Cotonou agglomeration (Cotonou, Seme-Podji, and Abomey-Calavi) and Porto Novo, and the implementation of a small-scale decentralized sanitary drainage and wastewater treatment pilot project. Bhachau: Blankets, Tarpaulin, GI Sheets, Bamboo, Angles, Kadas to erct GI, Tarpaulin veterinary units, mobile bank (can provide container for this), water purification systems with manpower, temporary toilets required. Additionally, 9 cases of respiratory syndrome, 6 cases of dengue fever, and 21 wound infections were reported. Symptoms of leptospirosis are similar to those of dengue fever, such as fever with initial shivers, severe headache, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, change in the color of skin and the whites of the eyes, muscle pain mostly in the calf area, diarrhea and a skin rash. People have started coming to the morgue more and more in recent days to look for their loved ones," Hewage said.