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1. Key points

• According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)’s Financial Tracking Service (FTS), donors have committed/contributed US$38.1 million of humanitarian assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) since the start of 2016.

• Switzerland is the largest donor to DPRK so far in 2016, accounting for 32% (US$12.2 million) of total funding.

• US$8.0 million has been allocated for DPRK from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in 2016, all of which is from the Underfunded Emergencies window. There is no country-based pooled fund for DPRK.

• The UN-coordinated appeal for DPRK in 2016 requests a total of US$117 million, only 24% of which (US$28.3 million) has been received so far.

2. Recent humanitarian funding to DPR Korea

Donors have committed or contributed US$38.1 million of humanitarian funding to DPRK since the start of 2016.

Switzerland is currently the largest donor in 2016, committing/contributing US$12.2 million (32% of the total). The second-largest donor is the CERF, which has provided US$8.0 million (21% of the total), and the third-largest is Germany, with commitments/contributions of US$3.7 million (10% of the total). These three donors combined account for 63% of the total humanitarian funding in 2016 so far.

3. Appeals and response plans

The 2016 UN-coordinated appeal for DPRK (DPR Korea Needs and Priorities 2016) sets out requirements of US$117 million. The appeal is currently only 24% funded, with contributions of US$28.3 million of funding received so far. The average proportion of requirements met for UN-coordinated Humanitarian Response Plans in 2016 is 38%, which makes the DPRK appeal comparatively less successful.