BBC News with Marion Marshall

The United Nations has issued an urgent

appeal for

more funds to tackle the spread of cholera in Haiti. UN aid agencies say the

mortality

rate is higher than normal for cholera, and infections are rising fast. They say the epidemic in Haiti could run

out of control

. Francois Gyrone from the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says hospitals are already

overflow

ing with patients.

"We have seen an increasing, a significant increased number of patients here. It's almost double every day. So in this hospital, because of the space

constraint

s, we have to make sure that people can be sent to another place where we can provide better care very fast so that we can still receive patients."

The Haitian government says the disease has so far killed about 800 people, and thousands more cases have been reported.

A United Nations panel of experts has delivered its latest six-monthly report on North Korean sanctions to the Security Council. The contents haven't yet been released, but the previous report, just made public, suggested North Korea may have supplied nuclear technology to other countries. From New York, here is Barbara Plett.

The panel of experts said evidence suggested that Pyongyang had transferred ballistic missile and nuclear technology to certain countries including Syria, Iran and Burma. Its findings were based on