DPR KOREA: UN CALLS FOR $98 MILLION TO RESPOND TO URGENT HUMANITARIAN NEEDS

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Date: 15 Aug 2013 10:00:01 -0400
Subject: DPR KOREA: UN CALLS FOR $98 MILLION TO RESPOND TO URGENT
HUMANITARIAN NEEDS
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DPR KOREA: UN CALLS FOR $98 MILLION TO RESPOND TO URGENT HUMANITARIAN
NEEDSNew York, Aug 15 2013 10:00AMThe United Nations today said $98
million is urgently needed to address critical humanitarian needs in
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), where some 2.4
million people need regular food assistance.

"While the overall humanitarian situation has improved slightly over
the last 12 months, the structural causes of people's vulnerability
persist," said UN Resident Coordinator Ghulam Isaczai.

"External assistance continues to play a vital role in safeguarding
the lives of millions whose food security, nutritional status and
essential health needs would otherwise be seriously compromised."

The funds would be used for food and agricultural support, health and
nutrition services, and water and sanitation interventions for the
remainder of the year, the UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a news release.

"Without sustained humanitarian support, the gains made in the past 10
years in improving food security and the overall health and nutrition
of the most vulnerable – children, pregnant and nursing' mothers, and
the elderly – could be quickly reversed," Mr. Isaczai said.

Lack of agricultural inputs remains the main challenge for food
production in the country. During the 2012-13 marketing year, the
cereal deficit was about 507,000 metric tonnes, with serious gaps
remaining between recommended and actual nutrient intake, due to a
lack of dietary diversity.

Some 16 million people currently remain chronically food insecure and
highly vulnerable to food production gaps. Despite this being the
narrowest gap in many years, malnutrition rates continue to be of
great concern with a stunting rate among children under five at 27.9
per cent and 4 per cent who are acutely malnourished, according to the
2012 National Nutrition Survey.

"We hope that donors will respond quickly and generously to allow UN
agencies to address the humanitarian situation," Mr. Isaczai said,
noting that humanitarian programmes in DPRK are drastically
underfunded. "Separating humanitarian needs from political issues is a
prerequisite for a sustainable improvement in the condition of
people."Aug 15 2013 10:00AM
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