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
Tens of thousands of people's lives are at stake and they could die if we don't get to them in time.
Based on numerous accounts, including reports from our own staff, the Janjaweed militia are primarily responsible for carrying out the attacks.
Cuba is one of the best prepared nations to deal with these natural phenomena because it knows exactly what to do in high-risk zones.
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.
We are trying now to move from saving lives in daily food distribution to doing agricultural work: livestock, water and irrigation recovery projects.
I think it would be a massive undertaking to actually have a full-fledged tsunami warning system that would really be effective in many of these places,
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 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.
I am again appealing for the eviction campaign to stop, there is not enough shelter ready to house those who have been evicted.