A UN Committee has added to the growing list of approvals recently for humanitarian activities in North Korea, granting two more this week for agencies carrying out water sanitation projects in the DPRK.

The two organizations, World Vision International (WVI) and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation-linked Swiss Humanitarian Aid (SHA), received approval of humanitarian exemption requests by the 1718 Sanctions Committee in letters dated January 31.

Following requests made in November and December respectively, both WVI and SHA will now be able to complete shipments of items mostly related to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) projects in North Korea.