It's gratifying to see the board take these allegations seriously. It's just disheartening that it took so long.

The fact is, the committee's allegations are baseless. Mr. Sevan never took a penny, as he has said from the beginning.

The fact is, the committee's allegations are baseless -- Mr. Sevan never took a penny, as he has said from the beginning. The IIC is and, since the beginning of its efforts, has been on a mission to scapegoat Mr. Sevan in a misguided attempt to spare the United Nations criticism and deflect attention away from the conduct of others.

I think what's perhaps most disheartening about this petition is that these issues were examined recently by the board.

This has been very gratifying. Customers like the open approach, and when they're happy, we're happy.

This is up there with anything that I've ever done. It's disheartening.