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
We need helicopters because the roads are gone,
We have not reached agreement with the government on the text (of an appeal), we have not agreed on how many are affected, how to help them, the role of (non-governmental organizations) NGOs and other operational aspects.
We have not heard of any tsunami hitting anywhere.
We need rich countries, rich individuals, even only those of us who are reasonably affluent to respond generously.
We need more resources to save 2 million to 3 million lives and we need much more resources in the next few days.
We need additional resources. I want more from everybody but I do recognize that some Europeans and the Americans give us already a lot. There are others who should step up to the plate.
We need a change in mentality. You get a lot of headlines for foodstuffs for those who are already in disasters. You don't get any headlines for prevention.
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 need.
I am very worried about it, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.
I fear we are losing the race against the clock in the small villages ... I've never seen such devastation before.
These are people who have a strong attachment to their ancestral homes,
This is a good start but it is not enough. We need more money from more nations,
This has never ever happened before, that two weeks after a disaster that we have $717 million that we can spend on the immediate emergency effort.
All in all we expect the U.N. involvement to grow as we expect there to be a very considerable increase in the number of international relief flights to the United States from many parts of the world.