U.N. grants sanctions exemptions for WHO’s humanitarian aid in N. Korea

A U.N. Security Council committee has approved sanctions exemptions for the World Health Organization (WHO), allowing the delivery of tents and thermometers to North Korea, its website showed Friday. On April 1, the committee overseeing sanctions on North Korea approved the waiver on the import of 62 multipurpose tents and 175 infrared thermometers into North Korea by the U.N. health agency at the request of the North's health ministry, according to a document released on the U.N. website. The exemption will be valid for nine months, with shipments expected to be delivered to the North Korean cities of Nampho and Sinuiju via Dubai, the committee said. Source: Yonhap News Agency