R.O.K.-D.P.R.K. Panmunjom Declaration and U.S.-D.P.R.K. Singapore Summit of 2018 represented significant progress

resulting delays and shortfalls affecting U.N. health programs alone resulted in 3,968 deaths in 2018

bans on items containing metal by the U.S. and U.N. have deprived the D.P.R.K.’s agricultural and medical sectors (along with all other sectors) of basic supplies and funds, and stymied efforts to deliver aid to the more than 15 million people living in poverty

escalating sanctions regime critically refurbished by the Obama administration

ongoing war