UN Grants Sanctions Waiver to Red Cross for Humanitarian Supplies

The Red Cross was granted a sanctions waiver by the United Nations to supply virus-fighting goods to North Korea to combat the coronavirus epidemic, according to a Feb. 24 news release from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The Red Cross said the UN granted the waiver with “speed and urgent attention given,” which will allow the country to import certain humanitarian supplies.