22nd Emergency Enlarged Meeting of Political Bureau of Eighth C.C,

WPK Held

Pyongyang, July 31 (KCNA) -- Shortly ago, floods and heavy rains
seriously and consecutively damaged some areas of the country, including
North Phyongan and Jagang provinces.
In this regard, the 22nd emergency enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau
of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was

held in the damaged area of Sinuiju City, North Phyongan Province from
July 29 to 30 to take urgent recovery measures.
Prior to the meeting, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un inspected the
flooded areas, together with the premier of the Cabinet and secretaries of the
WPK Central Committee.
Many public buildings, facilities, roads and railways, including more than 4
100 dwelling houses and nearly 3 000 hectares of farmlands, were flooded in
Sinuiju City and Uiju County located on the lower reaches of the Amnok
River.
Going round the areas deeply flooded beyond recognition, Kim Jong
Un expressed deep concern and his determination to take strong state
measures for the restoration in the shortest time to provide the people with a
better cradle for life.
Attending the meeting were members of the Presidium of the Political
Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and members and alternate members
of the Political Bureau.
Present as observers were senior officials in the fields related to the
restoration including electric power, railways, communications and
agriculture.

Kim Jong Un presided over the meeting.
Noting that an emergency enlarged meeting was convened to discuss the
damage prevention and recovery measures as regards the fact that flooding
simultaneously damaged several areas in recent days and its further danger
was created, he detailed the present national and regional flood damage.
He gave an appraisal of the relief measures and recovery work, taken and
conducted by the relevant regions and institutions at all levels since the
happening of disaster, and analyzed the achievements and shortcomings.

Enumerating such revealed evils as the issue of disaster danger, which could
be surely minimized in the early period but was amplified due to the failure
of unified command despite the establishment of the state guidance system
related to emergency disaster response, and the issue of provinces, cities and
counties, which could not but helplessly suffer from disaster for their
chronic and indifferent attitude toward the disaster prevention work as they
had been not greatly damaged by flood in the past, he proposed to strictly
punish those who severely neglected their responsible duties assigned by the
Party and the state and thus caused even the casualty that can not be allowed.
Saying that the people observe the meeting even at this moment as they trust
the Party, he underscored the need to take in a strong and meticulous way all
measures to eradicate the aftermath as soon as possible, bearing deep in
mind the expectation of the people and the important mission before them,
and set forth important tasks and ways for doing so.

He stressed that measures should be taken to urgently supply the reserved
materials for emergency disaster to quickly stabilize the life of inhabitants in
the flood-hit areas and the Cabinet and relevant ministries and national
agencies should be actively mobilized in the work.
He detailed the practical issues arising in the recovery work, including the
issue of correctly surveying the damage and losses in provinces and, on this
basis, scientifically calculating the scale of restoration, manpower and
budget, the issue of ensuring promptness in the restoration campaign by
mobilizing the design forces of the capital city and local areas without delay
and giving precedence to designs and the issue of dispatching construction
forces to the areas as soon as possible and fully supplying and transporting
materials.
Saying that it is necessary to thoroughly prevent additional damage caused
by the disastrous climate in the future, he called on the meteorological
forecast sector to make forecast in a responsible manner and on every sector
and unit to make thorough preparations for preventing damage with the
highest awareness and, in particular, make sure that no casualty is caused.
Calling for dynamically pushing ahead with the work to rapidly stockpile
essential equipment and apparatuses for rescue operation at a time when
disaster occurs, he made public important measures for it.
Calling upon the participants in the meeting including the members of the
Political Bureau to visit the tents where the flood victims of Uiju County are
staying temporarily and thus heavily feel their responsibility while directly

watching their living condition, console and encourage them, make a deep
study of detailed measures for restoration, listening to their candid voices,
and submit them to the Political Bureau, he concluded the first-day sitting..
The second-day sitting took place on July 30.
The meeting of the Political Bureau studied the draft decision on the
immediate recovery from flood damage.
The decision "On rapidly removing the flood damage in North Phyongan
and Jagang Provinces" was adopted with unanimous approval at the
meeting.
At the meeting, Ri Hi Yong, former first vice department director of the
Organizational Leadership Department of the WPK Central Committee, was
appointed as chief secretary of the North Phyongan Provincial Committee of
the WPK, Pak Song Chol, chief secretary of the North Phyongan Provincial
Committee of the WPK, as chief secretary of the Jagang Provincial
Committee of the WPK and Pang Tu Sop, first vice department director of
the Department of Political Leadership over Military Affairs of the WPK
Central Committee, as minister of Public Security.
Concluding the meeting, Kim Jong Un said that whenever we meet a crisis,
we have been brave and offensive in the face of it and have always worked
only miracles and there is nothing impossible as long as there are the
leadership of the Party and the army and people remaining faithful to the
Party. He ardently called for stoutly turning out in the face of crisis and
making miraculous achievements.
The 22nd emergency enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Eighty
Central Committee of the WPK will shine long in the history of the WPK as
an epochal occasion of putting the buildup of the disaster prevention and
management capability of the DPRK on a new high stage and as an
important political event that clearly demonstrated once again the sacred
mission and popular character of the WPK which prioritizes the interests of
the people and put them above all and makes selfless, devoted efforts for the
good of the people. -0-