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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.

Jan Egeland

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Jan Egeland
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 12
Diplomat
Human Rights Activist
Politician
Stavanger
Norway
Attention
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Disaster
World
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Locomotive
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