WFP aid drive for N.K. falls short with less than year left in program

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.

Share

Comments are closed.