May 03, 2024
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Top UN aid official will visit North Korea on July 9

Visit is the first from an emergency relief coordinator since 2011

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC)  will visit North Korea from July 9 to July 12, the first such visit since 2011.

According to a press release from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released on Friday, Under Secretary-General Mark Lowcock will meet with North Korean officials and visit UN projects in the DPRK.

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