Stopping these attacks against women, children, the displaced and refugees and ensuring their protection is our number one priority.
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We receive reports now on a daily basis from our own people on the ground in Darfur on widespread atrocities and grave violations of human rights against the civilian population.Jan Egeland
It is the first, crude way to get food there. It is not, however, a good way to get water and medicine distributed.
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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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This time, at least, people heard about the earthquake. Many people fled inland.
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The world is not providing sufficient pressure on the political parties to make a peaceful solution to this and the world is not providing security.
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We have in Somalia, as in Iraq and Afghanistan, been individually targeted by extremist groups, which nearly made us leave Somalia completely.
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