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JAN
EGELAND: BIO -
UN's EMERGENCY
RELIEF COORDINATOR
HEADS TO LEBANON
CRISIS (MaximsNews.com,
UN) by
MAX STAMPER |
UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com
UN/
- 23 July 2006
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Jan
Egeland, the U.N.
Emergency Relief
Coordinator headed to
Lebanon today to
facilitate 'humanitarian
corridors' and to allow
relief aid to reach
besieged civilians
caught in the escalading
violence as the death
tool in the country
surpassed 350, including
large numbers of
children.
He
will met with senior
members of the Lebanese
Government and with the
newly-established High
Relief Council and other
U.N. representatives
including the UN Interim
Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
“During
his visit, he expects to
survey sites that have
been identified as part
of the proposed
humanitarian corridors
for the international
relief effort in
Lebanon
and other areas that
have been affected by
the conflict,” OCHA
said.
After
launching a worldwide
Flash Appeal on Monday,
Egeland will travel to
Israel
. He is expected to meet
with senior members of
the Israeli Government
and representatives of
the Israeli Defence
Forces, as well as with
the UN country team.
Then
Egeland intends to
undertake a visit to the
Gaza Strip, where he
will meet with the UN
Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees
in the Near East (UNRWA)
and others involved in
humanitarian relief.
JAN
EGELAND: BIO
Kofi
Annan appointed Jan
Egeland of
Norway
as the
Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs
and Emergency Relief
Coordinator, succeeding
Kenzo Oshima of
Japan
on 6 June 2003.
Mr.
Egeland has gained 25
years of active
experience in
humanitarian, human
rights and peace work
through the United
Nations, the Norwegian
Government, the Red
Cross and Red Crescent
Movement and other
non-governmental and
academic institutions.
Previously
he was Secretary General
of the Norwegian Red
Cross. From 1999
to 2002, he was the
Secretary-General’s
Special Adviser on
Colombia
.
Earlier
in his career, he served
as State Secretary in
the Norwegian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
(1990–1997). In
that capacity, he
initiated the two
Norwegian Emergency
Preparedness Systems,
which have provided more
than 2,000 experts and
humanitarian workers to
international
organizations.
He
has also been Director
for the International
Department of the
Norwegian Red Cross,
Head of Development
Studies at the Henry
Dunant Institute,
Geneva
and radio and television
international news
reporter, Norwegian
Broadcasting
Corporation.
Mr.
Egeland holds a Magister
Artium in Political
Science,
University
of
Oslo
. He has been a
Fulbright Scholar at the
University
of
California
, Berkeley and a fellow
at the International
Peace Research
Institute,
Oslo
, and the Truman
Institute for the
Advancement for Peace,
Jerusalem
.
Mr.
Egeland has been Chair
of Amnesty
International,
Norway
, and Vice-Chair of the
International Executive
Committee of Amnesty
International.
Mr.
Egeland has been an
active participant in a
number of peace
processes.
He
co-initiated and
co-organized the
Norwegian channel
between
Israel
and the Palestine
Liberation Organization
(PLO) in 1992, which led
to the Oslo Accord
(Declaration of
Principles) of September
1993.
He
directed the Norwegian
facilitation of the
United Nations-led peace
talks leading up to
ceasefire agreement
between Government of
Guatemala and the
Unidad
Revolucionaria Nacional
Guatemalteca (URNG)
guerrillas signed in
Oslo
in 1996.
He
also led the host
delegation when the
Ottawa
treaty to ban landmines
was successfully
negotiated and adopted
in
Oslo
in 1997.
Mr.
Egeland has published a
number of reports,
studies and articles on
conflict resolution,
humanitarian affairs and
human rights.
Mr.
Egeland is married with
two daughters.
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