WHO, UNICEF receive approval to send disaster and vaccine aid to North Korea
UN grants sanctions exemption for delivery of over $170K in supplies, even as DPRK continues to shut out aid groups
A North Korean woman walking on an empty railway in Pyongyang | Image: Eric Lafforgue (April 2008)
The U.N. sanctions committee on North Korea has granted exemptions for two aid agencies to ship tents, thermometers and vaccine storage equipment to the country.
U.N. documents show that the 1718 Committee approved a request from the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month to send 62 multipurpose tents and 175 thermometers to North Korea.
The U.N. sanctions committee on North Korea has granted exemptions for two aid agencies to ship tents, thermometers and vaccine storage equipment to the country.
U.N. documents show that the 1718 Committee approved a request from the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month to send 62 multipurpose tents and 175 thermometers to North Korea.
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