Gerald Bourke
Gerald Bourke
donors inclined resource until
Until donors are happy, they're not going to be too inclined to resource the operation.
arrive hard hope operating
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.
clear emergency food government korea longer north respect sovereign wants
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.
believe needs short
We believe there is still short and medium-term needs as well as long-term needs.
achieve aid both donors honest hope solution support
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.
country extent north situation view
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.
concern moving people problem
Part of the problem is with our monitoring people moving around the country, ... This is and has been a concern for them.
chronic food korea north
North Korea has a substantial and chronic food deficit,
beaches collecting edible mountains search
They're going up into the mountains in search of edible grasses. They're on the beaches collecting seaweed,
agreed asked conditions government operating resume seek until
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.
bit last meat pupils three vegetable
Their were 25 pupils and only three of them has any meat in the last month. Very occasionally an egg, a little bit of vegetable and that's it.
aid basic investment
In the most basic sense, development aid is anything that is an investment in the future.