Jan Egeland Nations Quotations

The world's response to the tsunami was the best ever. Governments, the private sector, and individuals around the world opened their hearts and their wallets. Private donations for the tsunami eclipsed anything seen before.

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.

NATO is planning to increase its operations further, and will work closely with the Pakistan government and the United Nations in this regard.

The United Nations stands ready to help with any kind of disaster expertise that might be required ... in full recognition that the United States is the country in the world that possesses the greatest civilian and military search and rescue and recovery assets themselves,

The United Nations is grateful for the additional pledges so far of 525 million dollars to the assistance efforts in northern Pakistan.

This is one of the biggest challenges of our time and age, we need to make vulnerable people living in developing nations more resilient to natural hazards.