Jan Egeland Quotes

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• No amount of humanitarian assistance can protect people from being attacked.
• It's a cruel reality. But after a week, very few people survive.
• First there is the search and rescue phase that is now ending. It is a cruel reality.
• Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and…
• In the Horn of Africa now, there are tens of thousands dying from the extreme vulnerability they are living in.
• I think now Somalia is turning a corner and we can, with the new political development, build on momentum - really build a peaceful future.
• I have been working, as emergency relief coordinator, on an international scale, very hard to build a wider alliance of partners in assistance efforts.
• I think the biggest challenge for Somalia has been the sense that it is a hopeless case of incomprehensible internal conflicts and there is nothing…
• In a world full of competing emergencies and disasters, it really helps if there is an international locomotive that can help us bring attention -…
• Many access roads are too dangerous for relief workers, preventing them from carrying out assessments or reaching people in need.
• Secondly, the Government of Sudan should commit to the disarmament and control of the Janjaweed militia and ensure that the targeting of civilians ceases immediately.
• Somaliland and Somalia at large have been receiving now hundreds of thousands of returnees that they had to accommodate with very small resources.
• We receive reports now on a daily basis from our own people on the ground in Darfur on widespread atrocities and grave violations of human…
• We need better coordination on the international side, just as they need better and more effective efforts on the Somali side. We have too many…
• Consistently, from the Hezbollah heartland, my message was that Hezbollah must stop this cowardly blending ... among women and children," . "I heard they were…
• It is only the Somalis themselves - and I don't hide that fact when I meet the political leaders here - they themselves have to…
• We estimate that humanitarian agencies have access to about 350,000 vulnerable people in Darfur - only about one third of the estimated total population in…
• Finally, I also come in recognition of the great work that has been undertaken by the NGOs and UN agencies that have been active for…
• I think now, we in the international community are belatedly wanting to show our solidarity with the Somali peoples and also do our best to…
• Although we have do not have adequate access to all parts of Darfur we do fortunately have humanitarian personnel, including staff from my own office,…

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