Two organizations recently received new humanitarian exemptions to UN sanctions on North Korea, according to updates on a UN committee website Tuesday, allowing the import of medical equipment and other items to address government shortfalls in the medical field. 

The World Health Organization (WHO) received two exemptions dated June 1 and 5 for importing equipment related to stemming and treating preventable diseases, including tuberculosis (TB).

Another organization, the Eugene Bell Foundation (EBF), also received an exemption dated June 5 for their ongoing work to diagnose and treat TB patients in North Korea — an exemption covering a year-long period