many people in North Korea are reported to malnourished, a group of former world leaders will visit to North Korea trying to resolve the stand-off over the country's nuclear weapons programme.You want to more about severe food shortages in the North.
The group includes former US President Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland.
They are all members of the elders, an organization made up of global leader which has now been largely withdrawn.
'Stunted'
Other members of the group will visit North Korea ex-Finland President Martti Ahtisaari and Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former head of State of the World Health Organization.
They will hold meetings in Beijing, Pyongyang and Seoul before they all give a report, in which involved be prepared, in the North Korea negotiations.
At a press conference at the beginning of President Carter said its visit the Group had been invited by "Supreme Leader" of North Korea.
Nuclear weapons are a main topic of the conversation to the program of the country.
A number of Nations, including China, South Korea and the United States have to Persaude Pyongyang to give up, these weapons tried for several years.
What seems a worsening food situation in North Korea will be on the agenda.
"One third of children are malnourished and atrophied in their growth as a result of a lack of sufficient food supply," said Mr. Carter, who was trained as a nuclear engineer.
He added that the authorities in the North have reduced the daily calorie intake of 1,400 to only 700 this year.
The oldest group founded four years ago by Nelson Mandela.
Members believe that their unique experiences as a former leader of roten-and their independence of a country or an organization - allows them to help solve some of the most difficult problems of the world.
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