Consider the resumption of U.S. food aid to North Korea
South Korean government official told South Korean media on the 3rd, the U.S. is considering the resumption of North Korea food aid, the final decision may be made in the last month or two.
Needs assessment
South Korea's Yonhap News Agency on the 3rd to an unnamed government official as the news source reported that the U.S. is considering the resumption of food aid to North Korea, but Washington needs time to think about a couple of months, need to resume food aid to the feasibility of a retrial, while South Korea consultation.
"Whether to resume food aid to the DPRK, the United States needs a relatively long time to think," This government officials said, "If the U.S. decided to provide assistance, the preferred solution is to restore the previously suspended food aid program, rather than re-develop a new aid program. "
May 2008, the United States announced North Korea mainly to rice and wheat, 50 tons of food aid, of which 400,000 tons by the United Nations World Food Programme issued, 100,000 tons by five U.S. NGOs to deliver North Korea.
However, in March 2009, the United States and the DPRK on the issue of transparency in food distribution have differences, then the indefinite suspension of food aid programs.
In recent months, there have been news that the U.S. is considering the resumption of food aid to the DPRK, the United States and North Korea's official response to the official position much.
Be exposed
Food aid to North Korea, U.S. officials have spoken recently special envoy is only one Stephen Bosworth. 1st of this month he said he was worried about the status of North Korea food shortages.
However, Bosworth stressed that Washington decided to resume food aid is required before "comprehensive assessment" of many factors, including the DPRK, "the actual food needs and to ensure equitable distribution of food aid project management plan, monitoring mechanisms, the supply channels."
Bosworth 1 at the meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Washington "is evaluating the (North Korea) needs," "should resume food aid to North Korea's request, we need some materials we need, then we will work with the DPRK contacts to discuss the monitoring mechanism. "
He said that this monitoring mechanism "to keep at least one food aid program on the supervision of the scale."
Bosworth speech did not mention whether the subject of consultation with South Korea.
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