U.S., South Korea continue to delay food aid to North Korea despite 'proven' ability to monitor food distribution

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In this Christian Science Monitor opinion piece, Jim White, vice president of operations at Mercy Corps, and Matt Ellingson, director of program development at Samaritan's Purse, who "co-led a team from five U.S.-based aid organizations that traveled to North Korea to deliver flood relief supplies" last month, ask why the U.S. and South Korea continue to delay food aid to North Koreans affected by the country's food crisis despite the fact that "aid groups have a proven ability to monitor the way food is distributed in North Korea."

"With a clearly demonstrated need, and a proven ability to monitor the way food is distributed, we are baffled as to why the U.S. is still delaying food aid," they write, adding, "The politics of North Korea are complicated, and no doubt can be frustrating for [U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak]. But the humanitarian imperative is simple: Starving children need food, the U.S. can provide it, and we need to act now" (10/13).


http://www.kaiserhealthnews.orgThis article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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