The Danish aid organization Mission East was granted a sanctions exemption this week for its ongoing work to address food shortages in North Korea, the UN reported Thursday.
Granted on November 6 by the 1718 Committee in charge of managing UN Security Council sanctions on the DPRK, the exemption will allow Mission East to bring otherwise-prohibited large agricultural machinery into North Korea.
The Danish aid organization Mission East was granted a sanctions exemption this week for its ongoing work to address food shortages in North Korea, the UN reported Thursday.
Granted on November 6 by the 1718 Committee in charge of managing UN Security Council sanctions on the DPRK, the exemption will allow Mission East to bring otherwise-prohibited large agricultural machinery into North Korea.
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