Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

U.N. agency suspends North Korea work

|
|
 
  
Published: March. 6, 2007 at 2:12 PM

NEW YORK, March 6 (UPI) -- The United Nations Development Program has suspended North Korean operations amid complaints money was being diverted to the country's government.

The program announced the suspension Monday saying North Korea failed to meet conditions set after the accusations of money being diverted from the U.N. programs to the government of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

"We have decided to suspend our operations, and the ball is really now in the court of the D.P.R. Korean authorities," said David Morrison, director of communications for the agency, referring to the country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The conditions, which had a March 1 deadline, would have required the government to cease taking hard currency payments from the United Nations program and allow the U.N.'s in-country hiring to proceed without government approval.

The program's administrator, Kemal Dervis, said in a letter to a North Korean ambassador: "Should circumstances change at a later date, we would be willing to reconsider this position."

Topics: Kemal Dervis, Kim Jong, Kim Jong Il
© 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Notable deaths of 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee AmfAR Cinema Against AIDS gala
Indianapolis 500 Presidential Medal of Freedom Memorial Day around the nation
Additional Top News Stories
1 of 20
Singer Janelle Monae arrives at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, California
View Caption
Singer Janelle Monae arrives for the MTV Movie Awards at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. UPI/Jim Ruymen
fark
The bar for spelling has never been lowre
Turns out men cheat way more than women after all
Famous last words: "The notion that it's too late to do anything is comical. It's hilarious. We're...
Five secrets to getting the best healthcare. #6: Don't get sick
Traveling to the U.S.? If invited to a dinner party, bring a gift of wine, but not cash or toiletries...
Man turns dead pet cat into remote-controlled helicopter, calls it art (w/WTF pics)