The French NGO Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) was earlier in the month granted its third UN sanctions exemption for humanitarian aid work in North Korea, a UN Committee website showed over the weekend.

In a letter uploaded to the website of the UN Security Council (UNSC) 1718 Committee on Friday, PUI was granted permission to ship sanctioned items to the DPRK for projects aimed at improving goat milk production.

The projects are intended, according to a request letter dated July 26, “to improve children’s nutritional status and households’ resilience, through the reinforcement of goat rearing practices in South Hwanghae province,