The United States is willing to grant 100,000 tons of additional food aid to North Korea. An official at the Agency for International Development said in Washington that the agency is ready to give the food to the North Korean residents although there are some concerns and misgivings over the North Korean policies that block outside surveillance over the proper distribution of the food aid. The United Nations also welcomed the US plan to donate additional food to the North, saying that it would be of great help to make up for the shortages stemmed from the suspension of the food aid to the North by the World Food Program in July.