The Guardian: The UN rights chief told the security council on Monday that tough sanctions imposed on North Korea are complicating the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid and called for an assessment.
An estimated 18 million North Koreans, or 70% of the population, suffer from acute food shortages and aid agencies provide “literally a lifeline” for 13 million of them, said UN human rights commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.
“But sanctions may be adversely affecting this essential help,” he told a special security council meeting on human rights in North Korea.
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