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The most important and urgent appeal we have to make is for an immediate cease-fire. Initial reports from the cease-fire
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"The most important and urgent appeal we have to make is for an immediate cease-fire. Initial reports from the cease-fire talks being held in N'Djamena in Chad are not very encouraging"

- Jan Egeland

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In this quote, Jan Egeland is stressing the urgency and significance of calling for an instant cease-fire. He worries that this need to be the top priority and the most important issue at hand. Egeland then points out the continuous cease-fire talks in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, and reveals his dissatisfaction with the preliminary reports. This suggests that the talks are not going well and there is little expect a successful resolution. Overall, Egeland's words communicate a sense of seriousness and concern for the need to end the conflict and violence through a cease-fire.

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Jan Egeland This quote is written / told by Jan Egeland somewhere between September 12, 1957 and today. He was a famous Public Servant from Norway. The author also have 16 other quotes.

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