TODAY'S NEWS (November.20.2001 Juche 90)
[CONTENTS] * Yang Hyong Sop meets new Polish ambassador * Korea's reunification supported * Protocols signed between DPRK and Cuba * Mission of who opens in DPRK * Suppression of pro-reunification patriots in S. Korea denounced * Day of national immunization in DPRK * 8th KJU congress opens * SPA chairman meets Yugoslav ambassador * KSDP chairman meets new Polish ambassador * SPA chairman meets Polish ambassador For Spanish-speaking people * "dia nacional de inmunidad" * inaugurada representacion de oms en rpdc * firmados protocolos entre corea y cuba * organizaciones de varios paises condenan represion de surcorea Yang Hyong Sop meets new Polish ambassador ��� Pyongyang, November 20 (KCNA) -- Yang Hyong Sop, vice president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and conversed with Wojciech Kaluza, new Polish ambassador to the DPRK, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall yesterday when the latter paid a courtesy call on him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Korea's reunification supported ��� Pyongyang, November 20 (KCNA) -- Boris Trajkovski, President of Macedonia, met the DPRK ambassador to his country, who paid a farewell visit to him on Nov. 14. The president said that he is pleased to know that the Korean people are enjoying their greatest success despite difficulties. He hoped that the Korean people's desire to achieve the country's reunification free from outside interference would come true as early as possible. ��� He expressed thanks for the DPRK support to the Republic of Macedonia and noted that he would further develop the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protocols signed between DPRK and Cuba ��� Pyongyang, November 20 (KCNA) -- A protocol of the 21st meeting of the DPRK-Cuba inter-governmental economic and scientific and technological consultative committee was signed here yesterday. Present at the signing ceremony on the DPRK side were Ri Kwang Gun, minister of foreign trade, and officials concerned and on the opposite side were a Cuban government economic delegation headed by minister of government Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz and Cuban ambassador to the DPRK Esteban Lobaina Romero. ��� The protocol was signed by Ri Kwang Gun and Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz. ��� A protocol of the exchange of commodity between the two governments for 2002 was also signed on the same day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission of who opens in DPRK ��� Pyongyang, November 20 (KCNA) -- The mission of the World Health Organization to the DPRK was opened in Pyongyang. An opening ceremony was held on the spot yesterday. ��� Present there were Kim Su Hak, minister of public health, and officials concerned, director general of the who Gro Harlem Brundtland and her party on a visit to the DPRK, representative Eigil Sorensen and members of the who mission in the DPRK, diplomatic envoys of various countries and representatives of international organizations. ��� Speeches were made at the ceremony. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Suppression of pro-reunification patriots in S. Korea denounced ��� Pyongyang, November 20 (KCNA) -- Ugandan and Madagascan organizations released statements on Nov. 9, demanding the South Korean authorities discontinue the suppression of unionists including the chairman of the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and pro-reunification patriots. The Ugandan union of railway workers in a statement strongly called on the South Korean authorities to immediately abolish the "security law," stop the crackdown upon pro-reunification patriots and join the whole nation in the vigorous struggle for the country's reunification. ��� The Madagascan workers' rally in a statement urged the South Korean authorities not to pay lip-service to reunification but show their will to solve the issue of reunification by the concerted efforts of the Korean people in practice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Day of national immunization in DPRK ��� Pyongyang, November 20 (KCNA) -- October 20 and November 20 are the days of national immunization in the DPRK. On these days technical workshops, hygienic propaganda, confirmation of those children to be vaccinated against infantile paralysis and inoculation are brisk at the public health organizations in the capital and cities and counties of various provinces. ��� On the first inoculation day, hundreds of thousands of children were vaccinated against infantile paralysis throughout the country. ��� On the second inoculation day, spinal paralysis preventive vaccination will be given to all the children from the age of two to five by a combination of vitamin vaccination. ��� Vaccination groups, each made up of three or four persons per 200 to 250 children, have been organized and vaccination centers set up across the country. ��� On these days hygienic preventive institutions at all levels are looking after preventive inoculation and the population's immunization in a responsible manner. ��� Meanwhile, all the vaccination doctors of the preventive treatment institutions are conducting preventive inoculation to inhabitants under their charge according to the vaccination calendar provided by those in the capital. ��� The state is taking possible measures to supply necessary preventive medicines to them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8th KJU congress opens ��� Pyongyang, November 20 (KCNA) -- The 8th congress of the Korean Journalists Union (KJU) was opened in Pyongyang yesterday. Participating in the congress were Jong Ha Chol, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, ��� Senior officials of the KJU central committee and press organs, officials concerned, representatives selected from different primary organizations of the KJU and observers. ��� A letter of leader Kim Jong Il to the participants "journalists and other pressmen are ideological standard-bearers firmly defending our idea, system and cause" was conveyed there. ��� In the letter he referred to the WPK's Juche-oriented idea of giving importance to the writing brush and its brilliant traditions, and indicated the orientation and ways for the party's media in the era of the army-based politics and tasks that should be carried out by journalists and pressmen to creditably discharge their honorable mission and duty before the era and history. ��� The congress is to deal with such matters as the summing up of the work of the KJU central committee, the revision of the KJU rules and the election of the leadership of the KJU. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPA chairman meets Yugoslav ambassador ��� Pyongyang, November 20 (KCNA) -- Choe Thae Bok, chairman of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and conversed with Milorad Kosovac, ambassador of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the DPRK, who paid a farewell call on him at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today. Present on the occasion was an official concerned. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KSDP chairman meets new Polish ambassador ��� Pyongyang, November 20 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Dae, chairman of the central committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party, today met and conversed with Wojciech Kaluza, new Polish ambassador to the DPRK who paid a courtesy call on him. Present there were an official concerned and the councilor of the Polish embassy here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPA chairman meets Polish ambassador ��� pyongyang, November 20 (KCNA) -- Choe Thae Bok, chairman of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and conversed with new Polish ambassador to the DPRK Wojciech Kaluza who paid a courtesy call on him at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Spanish-speaking people ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "dia nacional de inmunidad" ��� pyongyang, 20 de noviembre (atcc) -- el 20 de octubre y de noviembre es el "dia nacional de inmunidad" en corea. con motivo de estos dias, los organos de salud publica del centro y todas las provincias, ciudades y distritos del pais realizan animadamente el cursillo tecnico, la propaganda higienica, la inoculacion preventiva de la paralisis infantil y la determinacion de los ninos por vacunar. ��� el 20 de octubre se realizo la inoculacion preventiva nacional de paralisis infantil para cientos de miles de ninos del pais. ��� el 20 de noviembre se lo hara para los ninos de 2 a 5 anos de edad suministrandoles tambien vitamina. ��� en todo el pais funciona el grupo de inoculacion compuesta por 3 o 4 trabajadores de salud publica para 200-250 ninos. ��� cada ano con motivo del dia nacional de inmunidad, los organismos de higiene-profilactico cumplen con responsabilidad la inoculacion preventiva y la administracion de inmunidad para los habitantes. ��� el estado toma todas las medidas para producir las vacunas necesarias. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ inaugurada representacion de oms en rpdc ��� pyongyang, 20 de noviembre (atcc) -- tuvo lugar el dia 19 en esta capital el acto inaugural de la representacion de la organizacion mundial de la salud en la republica popular democratica de corea. estuvieron presentes kim su hak, ministro de salud publica y otros funcionarios coreanos, gro harlem brundtland, directora general de la oms y su comitiva, el representante eigil sorensen y miembros de esta organizacion internacional, los representantes diplomaticos de varios paises y representantes de organizaciones internacionales en corea. ��� en el acto hubo discursos. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ firmados protocolos entre corea y cuba ��� pyongyang, 20 de noviembre (atcc) -- quedo firmado el dia 19 en esta capital el protocolo de la 21 sesion de la comision de consulta economica y cientifico-tecnica entre los gobiernos de la republica popular democratica de corea y la republica de cuba. participaron en el acto de firmas, por la parte coreana el ministro del comercio exterior ri kwang gun y otros funcionarios interesados y por la parte cubana, la delegacion economica gubernamental de cuba presidida por el ministro del gobierno ricardo cabrisas ruiz y el embajador cubano esteban lobaina romero en la rpdc. ��� ri kwang gun y ricardo cabrisas ruiz rubricaron el protocolo. ��� el mismo dia, fue suscrito el protocolo sobre el intercambio de mercancias para 2002 entre los dos paises. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ organizaciones de varios paises condenan represion de surcorea ��� pyongyang, 20 de noviembre (atcc) -- las organizaciones de uganda y madagascar hicieron publicas el dia 9 las declaraciones demandando a las autoridades surcoreanas poner fin a la represion contra el presidente de la "confederacion de sindicatos surcoreanos" y otras personalidades sindicales y patriotas de la reunificacion. la federacion de obreros de ferrocarril de uganda exigio energicamente a las autoridades surcoreanas abolir de inmediato la "ley de seguridad", cesar la represion contra los patriotas e incorporarse a la fuerte corriente de todo el pueblo coreano por la reunificacion del pais. ��� el congreso de trabajadores de madagascar afirmo que las autoridades de surcorea, en vez de hablar solo de la reunificacion, debe demostrar con practicas su voluntad de solucionarla con las fuerzas unidas de los coreanos. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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