The nonprofit Eugene Bell Foundation on Thursday called on the South Korean Ministry of Unification (MoU) to allow a shipment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) medication to arrive in North Korea as it had promised in August.

Speaking at a news conference after returning from a three-week visit to North Korea, Stephen Linton, Chairman of the Eugene Bell Foundation, said South Korea’s MoU lacked a “mature humanitarian policy.”

“I went to the Ministry of Unification a few days ago and asked their permission to ship the first round of [medical supplies] in 2017, but their answer wasn’t favorable, saying ‘not now, and