Humanitarian Assistance in North Korea
(DPRK) Web Links
Below are links to resources primarily in English that provide substantive content on humanitarian assistance in the DPRK (North Korea).
These links complement the Institute Special Report: Overcoming Humanitarian Dilemmas in the DPRK (North Korea).
International and Non-Governmental Organizations
Caritas Internationalis
- Caritas Internationalis
Web site describes the mission, guiding values and principles, priorities and objectives of Caritas Internationalis as a confederation of organizations, with a list of the member organizations. A search for "North Korea" produces references to press releases and documents.
European Union
InterAction
- InterAction
Web site of the "largest alliance of U.S.-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations" includes member listings, articles and appeals for current emergencies, topical descriptions of InterAction's work, a web site search engine and a library database of documents. A web site search on "North Korea" yields listings for member organizations who have done work in North Korea. A library database search yields documents on work in North Korea.
International Federation of Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies (IFRC)
United Nations
- Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO)
Web site has sections on Special
Programme for Food Security, relief
operations, and emergency
projects for 2001, including statistics and documents on North
Korea.
- Reliefweb:
DPR Korea The Latest
ReliefWeb, a project
of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA), has the latest news and "humanitarian response information
on current emergencies and countries of concern" in its section
on complex
emergencies. Includes documents, situation reports, appeals
and news from various organizations and related links organized
by country,
with a map center,
site map and search capability. Within country
listing, related links include background information and topics
such as disaster
history and government
and politics.
- United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF)
Web site lists key programs,
emergencies such as North
Korea (DPRK) with reports from the field, a humanitarian appeal,
a country
profile including statistics, and links to related web sites.
- World Food Programme (WFP)
Web site contains a Country
Brief-Korea (DPR) which gives an overview of current WFP projects
in the country, with monthly updates, reports and other related
documents. A July
30, 2001 article in the In Depth section provides a history
of WFP in DPRK, links to press releases, articles and WFP projects
in DPR Korea.
World Vision International
Selected Documents
- Consolidated
Inter-Agency Appeal for Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2002
From the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA)
and posted on ReliefWeb,
report is dated Nov. 26, 2001. A Mid-Year
Review (May 2002) in Word format provides an update.
- EC-Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK): Country Strategy Paper 2001-2004
(PDF)
Report on the external relations of the European Union and the DPRK
"sets out the strategic framework and objectives for technical assistance
in the DPRK for the next 4 years..." (PDF files require Adobe®
Acrobat® Reader to view).
- ECHO
Aid Strategy 2002 (PDF)
Report outlines the goals and budget allocation for ECHO's 2002
projects, de-emphasizing Eastern Europe and concentrating on crisis
areas in Africa and Asia, including the humanitarian situation in
North Korea. (PDF files require Adobe®
Acrobat® Reader to view).
- Emergency
Calling 2000: North Korea (PDF)
Assessment of humanitarian needs in North Korea from the Caritas
Internationalis annual review. (PDF files require Adobe®
Acrobat® Reader to view).
- InterAction
Member Activity Report: North Korea: A Guide to Humanitarian and
Development Efforts of InterAction Member Agencies in North Korea,
August 2000
A Word document available for downloading from the document database
on the InterAction web
site.
- Special
Report: FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea
A joint report of the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System
on Food and Agriculture and the World Food Programme, July 29, 2002,
examining the economic setting and agriculture, food production,
food supply and demand and food aid need in the DPRK. Earlier reports
for July
2001 and October
2001 are also available on the FAO web site.
- U.S.
Bilateral Food Assistance to North Korea Had Mixed Results (PDF)
From the United States General Accounting Office (GAO), a Report
to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member, Committee on International
Relations, House of Representatives, June 2000. (PDF files require
Adobe®
Acrobat® Reader to view).
Updated: August 7, 2002
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