We are working to move from lottery to predictability so that all those who suffer receive aid.

Too often, aid resembles a lottery, in which a few win, but most lose, based on considerations other than need.

The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is very serious. The need for international aid is big and growing.

We receive reports now on a daily basis from our own people on the ground in Darfur on widespread atrocities and grave violations of human rights against the civilian population.

I think now, we in the international community are belatedly wanting to show our solidarity with the Somali peoples and also do our best to help them move to better times.

I think it would be a massive undertaking to actually have a full-fledged tsunami warning system that would really be effective in many of these places,