PN: In February 2000, after more than 30 years of working for the UN you resigned to protest the sanctions on Iraq. Why?
H: If we reported on the humanitarian situation it was ignored. If we tried to suggest measures that would improve the flow of humanitarian supplies either it wasn't acted upon or only with much delay.
When we reported on the conditions in Iraq, the US State Department and the British Foreign Office would give a totally different interpretation even though…