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3 unusual facts about Jan Egeland


2005–06 Niger food crisis

BBC's Hilary Anderson, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland as well as international media and aid organizations in general were accused of severely overstating and lying about the food situation in the country.

July 2006 in the Middle East

The UN's Jan Egeland has condemned the devastation caused by Israeli air strikes in Beirut, saying it is a violation of humanitarian law.

Kjølv Egeland

He is the father of Jan Egeland (born 1957), former United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.


Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies

The International Advisory Board is composed of José E. Alvarez, André Bergen, Bernard Bot, Günter Burghardt, Luc Cortebeeck, Herman Daems, Bert De Graeve, Jan Egeland, Gareth Evans, Mark Eyskens, Jan Grauls, Beate Kohler Koch, Thomas Leysen, Edward Luck, Juan Méndez, Woo-Sik Moon, Hugo Paemen, Yasmin Sooka, Strobe Talbott, Frans van Daele, Walter van Gerven, Youquiang Wang, Thomas Weiss.


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