Jan Egeland
Jan Egeland
Jan Egelandis a Norwegian politician, formerly of the Labour party. He has been the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council since August 2013. He was previously the Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch and the Director of Human Rights Watch Europe. Egeland formerly served as director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Under-Secretary-General of the UN. Egeland also holds a post as Professor II at the University of Stavanger...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 September 1957
CountryNorway
If it continues to be so dangerous to do humanitarian work, we may not be able to sustain our operations for 2.5 million people,
Many families are still not in permanent housing and now it's rainy season,
I am very worried about it, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.
This is a desperate situation. As you can see we are making progress in the more populated areas but it is so hard to reach the others,
I'd like to say that the United States has been ideal in the way they have responded.
It could end tomorrow. It's as serious as that.
The world did exactly the right thing in the tsunami. I always feel that this should be our new standard.
The United Nations is grateful for the additional pledges so far of 525 million dollars to the assistance efforts in northern Pakistan.
NATO is planning to increase its operations further, and will work closely with the Pakistan government and the United Nations in this regard.
Nowhere else on earth is so much at stake as in Africa. It is here where most lives are at stake.
It's really been a terrible year in terms of suffering and in terms of challenges. But it ends with a glimmer of hope.
Then, we also need to have credible Somali institutions being established inside Somalia and local and regional peace agreements to be brokered.
It's no good saving people today just to see them killed tomorrow. They need help to escape the vicious cycle they find themselves in.
The important thing is that we give and that we as citizens also demand that our countries give generously to those who have been so hard hit.