The World Health Organization (WHO) has received a humanitarian exemption to send tents to North Korea as part of aid and relief efforts for natural disasters, as the DPRK tries to recover from recent floods and a typhoon.

The U.N. Security Council’s 1718 Sanctions Committee overseeing North Korean sanctions granted the waiver, allowing the WHO to ship five multipurpose tents worth over $5,000. 

The exemption is valid until April 20 next year and is aimed at facilitating the provision of “humanitarian aid and relief to the civilian population during the occurrence of flood, drought and other emergencies,” according to a