UN staff continuing work in North Korea

April 5, 2013 @ 10:29 am

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. says its staff is continuing to work in North Korea while Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon studies a message from North Korea saying the world body should consider evacuating U.N. personnel from the country.

U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said a U.N. representative joined diplomats at a meeting Friday afternoon in Pyongyang where the North's foreign ministry delivered the message.

"The secretary-general is studying the message and the United Nations will respond as appropriate," Nesirky said.

He said U.N. staff "remain engaged in their humanitarian and developmental work throughout the country."

The U.N. says it has 36 international staff and 21 national staff working for seven U.N. agencies and programs, plus family members.

Nesirky reiterated Ban's concern at escalating tensions spurred by North Korea's recent nuclear threats.


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  • CH wrote...
    Im going to have put down the pipe -
    January 22, 2013 6:16 pm
    I thought it said they put a condom on a rocket!
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  • longwayhome wrote...
    N Korea
    January 22, 2013 6:59 pm
    Can't even feed their people, much less have a nuclear missile program. Even China has stepped up to the plate to place sanctions. Time to blow them up, their army suffers from malnutrition so it shouldn't be too hard.
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  • SickofSeattleite wrote...
    this article says "Pyongyang threatened to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War"
    March 5, 2013 5:39 am
    another article i read said Pyongyang DID CANCEL the 1953 cease fire....so which is it media?
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  • cammo sutra wrote...
    North Korea
    April 6, 2013 3:09 pm
    If China is not willing to yank on North Korea's chain, the obvious question becomes why? It seems obvious to me that if we have to fight another war in Korea, with the budget/deficit crisis we are in now, China will be able to influence andor control our country and our future by their leverage on our debt. So the question needs to be asked: are we willing to raise OUR taxes to pay for another war? Bear in mind the BIG WINNER of the Iraq war was Iran, and they sat it out. The winner of Korean War 2 may well turn out to be China, even if they also stay out. So, how about it, all you saber rattling, let's kick Kim's butt folks? Are you willing to RAISE YOUR TAXES to pay for another war or not? Talk is cheap!
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