“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
