Ulaanbaatar
International organizations to aid livestock herders this winter
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Deputy PM U.Khurelsukh received Thursday representatives of donor organizations operating in Mongolia. They exchanged opinions on the ways to overcome the difficulties caused by harsh winter with minimum losses and aid to livestock herders.
The government has decided to cooperate with the international organizations for helping herders in the provinces with higher tendency to face harsh winter and difficult wintering conditions.
According to the results of the studies in localities, the emergency departments require off-road vehicles suitable for winter road conditions of Mongolia. More vehicles are also needed for hospitals and police force. Moreover, it is indispensable to prepare additional reserve of hay and animal fodder, to procure fire starting and oil materials for piling off snow from the mountain passes and roads, to reserve more medicines and bio-preparations for prevention of contagious diseases of livestock, to cover costs for heating, fuel and maintenance, and provide the Eastern Region Diagnostic and Medical Center with computer tomography machine.
Ms Beate Trankmann said she was grateful to the emergency commission of the government of Mongolia for calling for an early meeting avoiding further risks. The requests from the Deputy Premier will be considered by the UN representative office next week with insight to possible ways of helping the livestock herder in provinces with dzud-like conditions.
Some 110 soums of 13 provinces and two districts of Ulaanbaatar are expecting tough wintering.
