31.   A spokesman for Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi said Japan had no plans to resume food aid to North Korea.

32.   After initially denying that Russia was looking for food aid, the Kremlin has done exactly that.

33.   Already there have been pledges of food aid due to be sent this month from Norway, Finland and Sweden designated for orphanages and pensioners.

34.   Britain, Canada, and a handful of other countries have also pledged food aid, though not enough to satisfy the remaining demand.

35.   But food aid has a humanitarian end, and also undermines the notion of an implacably hostile world that is central to North Korean ideology.

36.   But food aid has been necessary for years in these hills, say officials who have concluded that these slopes simply cannot support the resident population.

37.   But she maintained that she was still suffering and needed more food aid.

38.   But over months of talks, the more Kartman talked about access to the site, the more the North Koreans talked about food aid.

39.   Critics say that food aid, in general, perpetuates the crisis by generating dependency and discouraging local production.

40.   Eritrea is dependent on food aid, because of war and drought, and will need much foreign money for reconstruction.