US
more then a diplomatic valet, it's a full tools matter
OCHA’s operation in Sudan is the biggest in the world – Interview with Ramesh Rajasingham, Chief, UNOCHA Sudan

Q: Could you tell us something about yourself? I have been in Sudan for a little more than two years. Prior to this, since 1990 I worked with OCHA, UNICEF or humanitarian agencies in various countries. I spent a few years in Afghanistan immediately after the Soviets left, in Iran, in Bosnia and, just before coming here, I spent seven years in New York, so I have experience of both the field and headquarters. My background is development economics,…

Read More

The Northern Uganda crisis affects regional security – Interview with Dennis McNamara

Director of the Inter-Agency Internal Displacement Division You have just come back from Uganda. What really is the problem there? The problem is that Uganda has a huge population of nearly 2 million internally displaced persons, the result of twenty years of war with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). The LRA is a fanatical fundamentalist movement with no political agenda except to terrorize the population. For instance, 25,000 children have been abducted. The problem is huge: 2 million people…

Read More