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Jan Egeland is a Norwegian politician born on September 12, 1957. He has extensive experience in the field of international peace and conflict resolution, having served as Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs and holding several senior positions at the United Nations.

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“Increasingly gang violence and organized crime, together with climate change-driven natural disasters, are displacing more people as wars are fewer on the continent and political violence has decreased considerably, the NRC has decided to treat this as a humanitarian crisis.”

“No amount of humanitarian assistance can protect people from being attacked.”

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“Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and reach a ceasefire.”

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“Although we have do not have adequate access to all parts of Darfur we do fortunately have humanitarian personnel, including staff from my own office, in each of the three provincial capitals of Darfur.”

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“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.”

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Born: September 12, 1957
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