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We Need Better Coordination On The International Side, Just As They Need Better And More Effective Efforts On The Somali Side. We Have Too Many Reconstruction And Development Assistance Plans.

It Is Only The Somalis Themselves - And I Don't Hide That Fact When I Meet The Political Leaders Here - They Themselves Have To Stop Their Old Practices Of Fighting Each Other Every Time They Have A Problem. They Have To Learn How To Do Peaceful Conflict Resolution.

I Have Been Working, As Emergency Relief Coordinator, On An International Scale, Very Hard To Build A Wider Alliance Of Partners In Assistance Efforts.

No Amount Of Humanitarian Assistance Can Protect People From Being Attacked.

Somaliland And Somalia At Large Have Been Receiving Now Hundreds Of Thousands Of Returnees That They Had To Accommodate With Very Small Resources.