Gerald Bourke
Gerald Bourke
aid basic investment
In the most basic sense, development aid is anything that is an investment in the future.
chronic food korea north
North Korea has a substantial and chronic food deficit,
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.
beaches collecting edible mountains search
They're going up into the mountains in search of edible grasses. They're on the beaches collecting seaweed,
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.
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.
board concern conditions donors executive expressed gave mandate offer operating serious
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.
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.
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.
donors inclined resource until
Until donors are happy, they're not going to be too inclined to resource the operation.