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Jan Egeland
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Mr. Jan Egeland, Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (2007-). Former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (2006-2008).

Mr. Egeland was Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator in the United Nations (2003–06). He was Secretary General of the Norwegian Red Cross (2001-03) and Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General for Colombia (1999-2001). Mr. Egeland was State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1990-97). He was Chairman of Amnesty International in Norway and Vice-Chairman of the International Executive Committee of Amnesty International (1980-86). Mr. Egeland has been prominent in several peace processes that include the Oslo Agreement between Israel and the PLO (1993) and the Ceasefire Agreement for Guatemala signed in Oslo City Hall 1996. He has published A Billion Lives – An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity, 2008.

Blog Entries by Jan Egeland

An Arms Trade Treaty Is Necessary and Possible

Posted October 6, 2009 | 03:27 PM (EST)

Governments are meeting this month in New York to discuss a crucial treaty that could save thousands of lives. The Arms Trade Treaty that is, aka ATT. NGOs are here too, talking to every single government, making sure that we get the best possible deal and that official negotiations for...

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A Billion Lives at Stake

Posted February 28, 2008 | 06:46 PM (EST)

It is not true that the world is getting worse. It is getting better for a clear majority of us. In my 30 years of visiting and working in disaster and war zones around the globe I have seen how slowly, but surely there is 50 percent less war and...

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