All Jan Egeland Quotes
- No amount of humanitarian assistance can protect people from being attacked. Amount
- It's a cruel reality. But after a week, very few people survive. Cruel
- First there is the search and rescue phase that is now ending. It is a cruel reality. Cruel
- 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… All
- In the Horn of Africa now, there are tens of thousands dying from the extreme vulnerability they are living in. Africa
- I think now Somalia is turning a corner and we can, with the new political development, build on momentum - really build a peaceful future. Build
- I have been working, as emergency relief coordinator, on an international scale, very hard to build a wider alliance of partners in assistance efforts. Alliance
- 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… Been
- In a world full of competing emergencies and disasters, it really helps if there is an international locomotive that can help us bring attention -… Attention
- Many access roads are too dangerous for relief workers, preventing them from carrying out assessments or reaching people in need. Access
- 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. Ceases
- Somaliland and Somalia at large have been receiving now hundreds of thousands of returnees that they had to accommodate with very small resources. Accommodate
- 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… Atrocities
- 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… Assistance
- Consistently, from the Hezbollah heartland, my message was that Hezbollah must stop this cowardly blending ... among women and children," . "I heard they were… Among
- It is only the Somalis themselves - and I don't hide that fact when I meet the political leaders here - they themselves have to… Conflict
- 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… Access
- 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… Active
- 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… Belatedly
- 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,… Access
- We are also assisting the refugees who have fled across the border to Chad. As many of them have been subject to attacks by militia… Across
- Our assistance in Somalia has been remarkably effective and successful, and we have helped with very small resources - a large group of people and… Assistance
- The most important and urgent appeal we have to make is for an immediate cease-fire. Initial reports from the cease-fire talks being held in N'Djamena… Appeal
- We have received credible reports that show a clear and consistent pattern: entire villages are looted, burned down and sometimes bombed. Large numbers of civilians… Abducted