Jan Egeland Inspirational Quotes (6)

I have been working, as emergency relief coordinator, on an international scale, very hard to build a wider alliance of partners in assistance efforts.

I think now Somalia is turning a corner and we can, with the new political development, build on momentum - really build a peaceful future.

In the Horn of Africa now, there are tens of thousands dying from the extreme vulnerability they are living in.

Many access roads are too dangerous for relief workers, preventing them from carrying out assessments or reaching people in need.

In a world full of competing emergencies and disasters, it really helps if there is an international locomotive that can help us bring attention - help us bring resources.

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.