translate English to French: Indeed, the reason why Mr. Halliday, a former coordinator of United Nations humanitarian operations in Iraq, had resigned was that, in his own words, sanctions were “destroying an entire people”.
D'ailleurs si M. Halliday, ancien Coordonnateur des opérations humanitaires des Nations Unies en Iraq a démissionné, c'est parce que, selon ses propres termes, "les sanctions détruisent tout un peuple".