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Home > Somalia: Forgotten crisis, says UN envoy

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Thursday, December 9, 2004 - 02:00
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Conflict & emergencies [2]
Issue Number: 
186 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Plagued by violence and drought, Somalia is mired in a humanitarian crisis forgotten by most of the world, a top U.N. official said on Friday as he led the world body's first high-level visit in a decade. Jan Egeland, the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and humanitarian relief coordinator, started a three-day trip to raise awareness of Somalia's problems by visiting the capital of Somaliland, an autonomous enclave which is unrecognized internationally.

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Governance [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/conflict/26004 [5]
Country: 
Somalia [6]

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