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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…

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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.