Gerald Bourke Quotes (8 Quotes)

Our view is that, yes, the humanitarian situation in the North has improved, but not to the extent to which the country can do without humanitarian aid.

They asked us to go back to the government and seek better conditions. We will not resume until we have a satisfactory set of operating conditions agreed with the government.

They're going up into the mountains in search of edible grasses. They're on the beaches collecting seaweed,

We're the honest broker in the middle, and we'll try to achieve a solution that's satisfactory to both sides. We hope that some donors will support development aid in 2006 and beyond.

The government of North Korea has made it very clear that it no longer wants our emergency food aid. It's a sovereign country, and we must respect that position.

Part of the problem is with our monitoring people moving around the country, ... This is and has been a concern for them.

We hope to arrive at a mutually satisfactory set of operating procedures. If that doesn't happen, it will be hard to get commodities from our donors.

The donors on the executive board expressed pretty serious concern about the operating conditions that were on offer and gave us a mandate to try and better them.