UN panel approves sanction waiver for UNICEF aid project for North Korea
(VOVWORLD) - A UN Security Council panel has approved sanction exemptions for an aid project by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to help North Korea respond to COVID-19 and prevent malaria, its website showed on Thursday.
 South Korea's trucks with emergency aid arrive at Paju bordergate in North Korea on September 21, 2021. (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
The approval by the UN Security Council’s North Korea Sanctions Committee will pave the way for UNICEF's provision of materials worth 1.48 million USD, including vaccine cold chain equipment, and ventilators and masks, according to a document posted on its website.
The exemptions were approved on Nov. 30 and will last for a year, the committee said. The items will be shipped via the Chinese port of Dalian to the North's western port of Nampo.