U.N. Expects to Get Request for Food Aid
North Korea will formally ask the U.N. World Food Program for aid for children and pregnant women, several months after the communist nation demanded a halt to emergency food help, an agency spokeswoman said.
The request will be made today at the agency’s Rome headquarters, Anthea Webb said.
If the request is granted, 1.9 million children and pregnant women will receive vitamin-enriched food for two years, Webb said.
The program also calls for helping local factories produce their own enriched porridge and noodles, she said.
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