Posted on 03/31/2005 7:05:58 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
U.N. May Suspend Food Aid to N. Korea
The U.N. said Wednesday international donations to North Korea are dwindling because the Stalinist country restricts monitoring of food aid. The World Food Program (WFP) warned it may have to suspend food distribution to millions of North Koreans within a couple of weeks.
WFP Asia director Tony Banbury, who recently returned to China after a visit to North Korea, wrote on the U.N. website Wednesday, "Already obliged to stop providing enriched vegetable oil to more than 900,000 elderly people, funding shortfalls will force WFP next week to suspend distribution of vegetable oil to 600,000 kindergarten and nursery children, and pregnant and nursing women." Along with pulses, vegetable oil is an important source of protein for North Korea, where meat is scarce.
Banbury urged Pyongyang to relax curbs on monitoring activity, saying, "It is imperative for WFP and our donors to have confidence that the food aid goes where it should: to the hungriest of the hungry."
"Should resource shortfalls continue, at the beginning of May, 1.2 million children and women will be deprived of WFP pulses, a key source of scarce protein," he wrote. "And from June, nearly one million vulnerable North Koreans will have to go without supplementary rations of cereals. As things stand, we’ll be scraping the bottom of the barrel within two months."
Ping!
It's a question of what gives first. N. Koreans' ability to withstand their own horrible government or S. Korea's ability to tolerate the continued presence of a large, foreign army on their soil.
Between mouthfuls of roast duck, Dear Leader Kim Jong Il said, "Never! You capitalist dogs do not frighten us!"
I would guess that much of this food aid simply feeds his army. Once the army goes hungry it will be over. Although the death-throws of the regime will likely take millions of lives.
Point of order: North Korea is a socialist country, so what you say can't be true. There is no 'ruling class'. Everybody is equal, and resources are distributed to each citizen based on his need. Also, only capitalist imperialists maintain over-sized armies. Come on, Sthich, you should know this stuff.
With aid workers monitoring food distribution, he cannot feed his military. Aid workers must be also considered a security risk. Hence, he wants to kick them out.
I hope you're right.
You know you are in trouble when you are getting your protein from vegetable oil.
Better than worms, even better than tree barks.
OHH YUK
That is gross Tiger not cool did you hear about that riot that happen in NOrth Korea after soccer game it get so bad that North Koreans are acting like Raider fan LOL!
I did. Chia Fruit's control is slipping. His robots (citizens in Pyongyang) start to behave like hooligans. That is indeed a troubling development to Kim Jong-il. I mean, this is not funny to Chia Fruit.
"I would guess that much of this food aid simply feeds his army. Once the army goes hungry it will be over. Although the death-throws of the regime will likely take millions of lives."
Yeah, it makes it more likely Kim will use his army and attack the South. Use it or lose it mentality from a paranoid schitzo like Adolp Hitler of Joseph Stalin.
That's what I fear. We'll win, of course, but SK will be ravaged and China may be able to take Taiwan while we're busy.
Ping
"That's what I fear. We'll win, of course, but SK will be ravaged and China may be able to take Taiwan while we're busy."
I just hope that if this conflict breaks out we won't send more of our boys over there. Air and missle support should suffice to give SK troops the advantage they need.
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