DPR

Child malnutrition rates in DPR of Korea decline, UN study shows

7 March 2005
Malnutrition rates among children in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) – long hit by adverse weather and economic problems – have declined in the past two years but remain relatively high, and well-targeted international aid must be sustained, according to a new United Nations survey released today.

UN nuclear watchdog urges DPR of Korea to resume six-party talks

4 March 2005
Declaring actions by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) a “serious challenge” to efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency has called on the country to resume at an early date, without preconditions, six-party talks seeking a peaceful solution to the crisis.

UN human rights expert calls on DPR of Korea to clarify abductions of Japanese

4 March 2005
A United Nations human rights expert today called on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to respond “effectively and expeditiously” to Japan's claim that there are a number of abducted Japanese nationals who are still alive in the DPRK and that they should be returned to Japan immediately and safely.
Maurice Strong

UN intensifies efforts to bring DPR of Korea back to nuclear talks, envoy says

11 February 2005
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) withdrawal from six-party talks on its nuclear weapons programme is "a very real bump in the road" and the United Nations is intensifying efforts to secure a resumption of negotiations since the alternative to a peaceful solution is "so horrendous," the top UN envoy on the issue said today.
Annan (R) and Jack Straw brief reporters in London

Annan calls on DPR of Korea's partners to bring it back to nuclear talks

10 February 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on the countries engaged in the talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to bring the country back to the negotiating table as quickly as possible following its announcement that it had pulled out indefinitely from discussions on its nuclear weapons programme.

UN needs $202 million to feed 6.5 million hungry people in DPR of Korea

27 January 2005
With millions of children, women and elderly in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) barely living at subsistence level, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it needed $202 million for 2005 to feed the 6.5 million most desperately hungry, over a quarter of the total population.
A DPRK official examining rice yields

Despite better harvest, DPR of Korea still faces substantial food shortage, UN says

23 November 2004
Despite its best harvest in 10 years, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will post another substantial food deficit in 2005 and require external aid to support more than a quarter of its nearly 24 million people, two United Nations agencies said today.
A child receiving blood transfusion

UN agencies respond to health needs of blast victims in DPR of Korea

29 April 2004
United Nations humanitarian agencies are stepping up efforts to meet the health needs of people affected by the massive explosion last week near the Chinese border in the Democratic People’s Republic Korea (DPRK), which killed at least 161 people and injured 1,300 more.

DPR of Korea: UN agency appeals for fresh aid to feed train disaster victims

27 April 2004
Fresh from delivering the first humanitarian aid to hospital victims of last week’s railway disaster in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today called for urgent extra donations to feed thousands of others left injured or homeless.

DPR of Korea: Annan welcomes progress in latest multilateral talks

2 March 2004
Praising the latest round of multilateral talks concerning the Korean peninsula, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today they have “opened a pathway to full-fledged and continuing negotiations” about achieving a durable peace in the region.