Christiane Berthiaume

Christiane Berthiaume
avoid lives rapidly react thousands
Tens of thousands of lives are in danger, ... We must react rapidly if we are to avoid a catastrophe.
donor expect far financing hope pakistan response
We expect a lot from tomorrow's donor conference. We hope to see the same response to Pakistan as to the tsunami, but we are far from there because the financing is far from adequate.
government stay wants
The government wants us stay in place and the WFP wants to stay.
people scandalous
It's scandalous that people don't have enough to eat. We don't have enough money.
asked government korean leave north
The North Korean government hasn't asked the WFP to leave the country,
easy
It was not easy to take this decision, but we don't have any choice.
came lack problem response
The problem with Niger has been the lack of response. The response came very late, too late.
cattle eating
There is no meat. The cattle have been killed. They're only eating corn.
call situation
In a situation like that you just call all of them and say, 'We have a problem.