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William Anthony Kirsopp Lake, best known as Tony Lake, (born April 2, 1939) is the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), author, academic, and former American diplomat, Foreign Service Officer, and political advisor.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Northern Africa's Sahel region risks being plunged into a dramatic humanitarian crisis unless aid for those affected by drought, conflict and poverty is scaled up soon, three senior United Nations officials warned Tuesday.
The U.N.'s High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, said the situation in the 3,400-mile zone that stretches from the Atlantic to the Red Sea is suffering from lack of attention because of the conflict in Syria ."We badly need to put this crisis on the map because its humanitarian dimension is becoming extremely, extremely dramatic," he told reporters in Geneva.The region, which includes countries such as Mali , Chad and Niger has been hit hard by political instability and three droughts in less than 10 years. A U.N. appeal in December for $724 million to fund aid operations in the Sahel has elicited only half that amount so far, Guterres said.UNICEF's Executive Director Anthony Lake said at least 1 million -- and possibly up to 1.5 million -- children in the...Obama's political team out-organized ClintonSaturday, May 24, 2008By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WriterE-Mail Print Share:WASHINGTON Call them Kool-Aid drinke...
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