Work of other UN agencies in NKorea unaffected by UNDP operations suspension
AFP, March, 2007
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UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — The suspension of United Nations Development Program (UNDP) operations in North Korea will not affect the work of other UN agencies there, a UNDP spokesman said here Monday.
The suspension, announced in a statement on the UNDP website seen on Monday followed US claims that the UN agency's funds were being diverted to prop up the Pyongyang regime.
The suspension "has no bearing on ongoing operations" of other UN agencies in the Stalinist state such as the World Food Program or the United Nations Children's Fund, spokesman David Morrison told reporters here.
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"As of March 1, 2007, UNDP has no choice but to suspend its operations in North Korea as the necessary conditions set out by the executive board on January 25 have not been met," the statement said.
The agency's measures include ending all payments in hard currency to Pyongyang and discontinuing sub-contracting ...
