12 June, 2012
联合国呼吁国际社会抛开政治分歧，加紧筹款，帮助解决朝鲜目前面临的严重人道需求问题。
联合国星期二说，虽然联合国2012年已经呼吁国际社会再提供1亿9800万美元，以解决这个贫困的共产主义国家最迫切的人道需求，但对朝鲜提供的人道援助目前仍然存在资金严重不足的问题。
2011年，联合国呼吁为朝鲜提供2亿1800万美元援助，但国际捐助者提供的捐款只略超过这个数额的三分之一。联合国表示，由于资金不足，不能有效地解决朝鲜的人道需求问题。
联合国发表朝鲜人道需求的严重情况的报告说，1600万朝鲜人继续受到长期粮食短缺、广泛的营养不良以及严重经济问题的影响。
联合国说，儿童营养不良的问题在朝鲜尤其严重，在五岁以下的朝鲜儿童中，将近三分之一发育不良，而且数以百计的儿童死于像是腹泻这类可预防的疾病。
The United Nations is calling for the international community to put aside political differences and boost funding to help address what it says are the dire humanitarian needs of North Koreans.
The U.N. said Tuesday that aid efforts in North Korea remain "seriously underfunded," even as it unveiled a funding request for an additional $198 million to respond to "key humanitarian priorities" in the impoverished communist state in 2012.
International donors provided just over a third of the $218 million the U.N. requested for North Korean aid in 2011. Because of the lack of funds, the international body said it was unable to effectively address the humanitarian needs there.
The U.N. described serious humanitarian conditions in North Korea in its report, saying 16 million people continue to suffer from chronic food insecurity, high malnutrition rates, and deep-rooted economic problems.
It said undernourished children are particularly at risk, with nearly a third of children under five showing signs of stunting and hundreds more dying from preventable conditions such as diarrhea.
