Rick Fee, who serves as the CFGB North Korea Steering Committee chairperson, stated that monitoring of the food shipments into North Korea has been a major aspect of this unique intervention. Over the past five years, North Korea has come a long way in acknowledging the international standard that must be met in receiving food assistance. The CFGB was an original member and is still a major supporter of the Food aid Liaison Unit within the World Food Programme in Pyongyang, established to monitor all food aid shipments. The first person to hold that office was a Canadian, Erich Weingartner. He served for two years and was replaced by John O dea, from England.
Food aid is monitored from the port of entry right through to beneficiaries homes.
We feel very pleased that this historic event of recognition has taken place, and that the CFGB and Canadian churches have played a role in bringing the people s of our two nations closer together. When we sponsored a delegation of North Korean agriculturists to Canada last autumn, the issues of peace, reunification, and the gradual re-entry of North Korea onto the international scene was expressed. This is one prayer, Rick Fee added, that is being gradually answered for all Korean people.