61. In the latest agreement, the administration rightly rejected calls for large cash payments and agreed instead to a modest increase in food aid. 62. In the long term, food aid may undermine Kim Jong Il and his cronies. 63. In the past it has demanded dollops of food aid and other goodies merely for turning up for talks. 64. In Somalia food aid has saved countless lives. 65. Instead, Kiriyenko asserted, the United States was asking the Russians to curb their nuclear technology and was offering food aid in return. 66. Indeed, the Clinton administration had urged that food aid to the camps be cut, in order to persuade the Rwandan refugees to go home. 67. Its members have benefited from the expansion of food aid to Afghanistan. 68. Jobless people who ask for immediate food aid are directed to the line for welfare benefits, where they must demonstrate their eligibility for food stamps. 69. Korean officials called for an end to U.S. sanctions and for more food aid, the U.S. delegation said. 70. Kartman said that North Korea, in informal contacts with the U.S. today, had raised the issue of food aid but had not insisted on a resolution. |
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