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Korea
U.S. to give more food aid to NK
2003-12-26
From CNN,so have your grain of salt ready
The United States will give additional food aid to North Korea now that the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) has reported fewer obstacles to monitoring distribution, the U.S. State Department says. The U.S. Agency for International Development will give an additional 60,000 tonnes of emergency food aid to North Korea through the WFP, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said in a written statement Wednesday.
"Marvin!"
"Yessir?"
"Toss them a crumb."
The United States had already contributed 40,000 tonnes toward the World Food Program’s $171 million appeal for North Korea in 2003. The new donation will bring the U.S. contribution to nearly 20 percent of the WFP’s total appeal for the country, Boucher said. The new aid comes amid faltering efforts by the United States and China at getting North Korea to attend six-party talks — along with South Korea, Japan and Russia — about its nuclear program. But U.S. officials have said repeatedly that food aid to North Korea is not tied to progress on the nuclear front.
Why?
In February, Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States would cut its aid to North Korea to between 40,000 and 100,000 tonnes, tying the final figure to the ability of donors to track distribution. Last year, the United States gave 157,000 tonnes, but Powell said the WFP had asked for less aid in 2003.
That’s alot of grass clippings and tree bark
In his statement, Boucher said the administration reached the decision fter it received two letters from WFP Executive Director James Morris, who warned about 4 million of North Korea’s most vulnerable citizens would not be fed this (northern hemisphere) winter without additional donations and emphasized the United States was "uniquely positioned to help."
That's because we're not communists, so we can grow enough groceries to feed ourselves and have lots left over...
Morris also noted some progress on the WFP’s operating conditions in North Korea, including increased access across the county, Boucher said.
Several boat loads of Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children could make access even easier!
The WFP also was allowed increased monitoring and was provided information on wages and prices so it could determine citizens’ ability to receive food. However, he said that the WFP still had the same concerns about monitoring and access that the United States did.
He means he wants to make sure the groceries go to the populace, rather than to the army. But then, food is just as fungible as money. If we feed the populace, they can use the little bit they can produce to feed the army. I'd never make it in an NGO.
"We again call on North Korea to adhere to the same standards of humanitarian access that apply to other recipients of international food assistance," Boucher said.
At least Kimmy’s favorites will be eating this winter
"We will work with the World Food Program and other donor countries to achieve needed improvements." Boucher said the United States would decide at a later date how to respond to WFP’s 2004 appeal for North Korea.
This is a lesson in how not to put a rogue regime’s feet to the fire. I feel sorry for those people suffering under that idiot, but I’d feel a whole lot worse if Kimmy gave a nuke to an Islamist.
Posted by:JerseyMike

#5  I hate to see anybody starving, but it is totally due to Kimmy's rule. The Norks need to be brought down, the sooner the better. This will result in ending the atrocities committed by Kimmy and Co. and will end the suffering of the North Korean people. The US and SKor giving food aid is just enabling behavior for Kimmie and Co. We need to not give them food aid AND we need to publically say why we are NOT goving the NORKS food aid.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-12-26 4:33:58 PM  

#4  "I'd say f*ck 'em, but then that's why I'm not a diplomat."

Raj - in diplospeak that phrase's called: "A frank exchange of views"
Posted by: Frank G   2003-12-26 12:33:30 PM  

#3  Boucher said the United States would decide at a later date how to respond to WFP’s 2004 appeal for North Korea.

I'd say f*ck 'em, but then that's why I'm not a diplomat.
Posted by: Raj   2003-12-26 11:31:47 AM  

#2  I hope every bag of wheat and rice has a big honking 'From the U.S.A' stamped all over it.

But knowing the U.N. they would have probably relabeled it anyway.

Unfortunately this allows Kimmie-boy to give whatever was produced in NKOR to his army while the U.N. (and the US) feed his starving population.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2003-12-26 10:20:02 AM  

#1  Let 'em eat enriched uranium.
Posted by: tu3031   2003-12-26 9:05:54 AM  

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