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UNICEF Asks Donors To Fully Fund Request To Assist North Koreans Facing Malnutrition
"Millions of children and women of child-bearing age in North Korea face malnutrition which can leave them at higher risk of death or disease, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday," Reuters reports. UNICEF urged donors to fill a funding gap to prevent a "nutrition crisis" in the country, the news agency states (Nebehay, 11/1). According to Agence France-Presse, "UNICEF had asked for $20.4 million for 2011, but has received just $4.6 million" (11/1).
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