Jan Egeland Year Quotations

It's really been a terrible year in terms of suffering and in terms of challenges. But it ends with a glimmer of hope.

More is currently at stake in terms of lives saved or lost in Africa than on any other continent. As humanitarian workers, we cannot accept that so many lives are lost every year on this continent to preventable diseases, neglect and senseless brutality.

This year has really been the year of natural disasters, with nature at its worst and humanity at its best.

This appeal, ... is truly forward-looking in that it attempts to avert hunger and at the same time promote sustainable recovery of livelihoods. Investing in prevention will prove much more cost effective than providing emergency assistance year after year.

It is not right to sit with the money for reconstruction for one year from now if it is a question of whether people will still be alive.

It is, in my view, not right to sit with reconstruction money for one year from now if we're not sure whether those people will be alive one year from now.

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 many years here, especially through the local staff and international staff here in Somaliland and in Somalia at large.