Yonhap
4/16/2007
The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) has only been able to gather one-fifth of the amount of recovery aid it is seeking for North Korea, with less than a year left in the aid program, according to the agency’s tally on Sunday.
A resourcing update for North Korea dated Thursday showed the WFP received donations totaling just short of US$21 million, accounting for 20.53 percent of the aimed $102 million. The donations include $3.2 million carried over from previous operations.
Russia remained the biggest donor with $5 million, which is almost 5 percent of the total. Switzerland provided $2.57 million.
Germany donated $1.66 million. Other contributors include Cuba, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Italy and Poland.
Private donations totaled $8,474 as of Thursday.
The United Nations has contributed $2.3 million, or 2.25 percent of the total.
Called “protracted relief and recovery operation,” the project runs from April 1, 2006, to March 31, 2008.