Jan Egeland - Wikipedia. This article is about the Norwegian politician. For the Ylvis song, see Ylvis. Jan Egeland (born 1. September 1. 95. 7) is a Norwegian politician, formerly of the Labour party.
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He has been the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council since August 2. He was previously the Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch and the Director of Human Rights Watch Europe.
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Egeland formerly served as director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Under- Secretary- General of the UN. Egeland also holds a post as Professor II at the University of Stavanger. Egeland was the United Nations.
Undersecretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator from June 2. December 2. 00. 6.
Egeland was appointed by Secretary- General. Kofi Annan and succeeded Kenzo Oshima.
He traveled extensively, drawing attention to humanitarian emergencies. Egeland was also Secretary General of the Norwegian Red Cross. He served as State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley and a fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and The Harry S.
Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace. This position is the head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). He was preceded in the post by Kenzo Oshima of Japan.
Prior to becoming the head of OCHA, Egeland was the Secretary General of the Norwegian Red Cross. From 1. 99. 9 to 2.
United Nations Secretary- General's Special Adviser on Colombia. Egeland's career also includes service to his government as State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1. In that capacity, he initiated two Norwegian Emergency Preparedness Systems, which have provided more than 2,0. He has also been Chair of Amnesty International in Norway, and Vice- Chair of the International Executive Committee of Amnesty International, which he was elected on to at the age of 2.
He served as Director for the International Department of the Norwegian Red Cross, Head of Development Studies at the Henry Dunant Institute in Geneva and a radio and television international news reporter for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Egeland has actively participated in a number of peace processes. He co- initiated and co- organized the Norwegian channel between Israel and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1. Oslo Accord (Declaration of Principles) of September 1. He directed the Norwegian facilitation of the United Nations- led peace talks leading up to ceasefire agreement between the Government of Guatemala and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) guerrillas signed in Oslo in 1. He also led the host delegation when the Ottawa Treaty to ban landmines was successfully negotiated and adopted in Oslo in 1. Egeland has focused his efforts in alleviating the needs of this sector of the population in complex emergency situations like the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in northern Uganda, the Darfur region in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where millions of displaced persons are affected.
He has also campaigned for addressing the needs of those affected by natural disasters, like the 2. Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, as well as raising awareness in issues such as gender mainstreaming, sexual exploitation and violence, and internal displacement. In a United Kingdom Channel 4 interview Egeland laid the blame on the crisis in Lebanon on Hezbollah who he said .
Israel rejected the proposal, claiming that the humanitarian corridor it opened to and from Lebanon was sufficient for the purpose. Egeland responded that .
In 2. 00. 6, Time magazine named him one of the 1. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series. Tsunami relief. However, Egeland subsequently clarified his remarks, and all was forgiven, although Egeland became the focus of a negative campaign online. Egeland was later quoted as saying that the donations were so large and were coming in so fast that . I heard they were proud because they lost very few fighters and that it was the civilians bearing the brunt of this.
I don't think anyone should be proud of having many more children and women dead than armed men. We need a cessation of hostilities because this is a war where civilians are paying the price. The law is very clear.
You cannot have any interpretation in any other way. The documentary highlighted the trucks' primitive construction and poor condition, and general uselessness to the Malawi community. Although Egeland and the Red Cross declared this operation a success, the trucks were little more than scrap metal. Then- UN relief coordinator Egeland and several others were accused of bluffing and of blowing the situation out of proportion. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace. Retrieved June 5, 2.
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