EMM News Explorer: John Holmes

[-warned]: If we don't get some money, the aid pipeline will run out,

islamonline 06-FEB-10

[-said]: Yemen has been on the media profile because of the bomber, worries about counter-terrorism and al-Qaeda, and the fragility of Yemen more broadly,

islamonline 06-FEB-10

[-told]: The humanitarian situation is just getting worse without any doubt,

reliefWeb 05-FEB-10

[-said]: Yemen has been on the media profile because of the bomber, worries about counter-terrorism and al-Qaeda, and the fragility of Yemen more broadly, but very little attention is being paid to the humanitarian situation,

reliefWeb 05-FEB-10

[-said]: We want to put as many Haitians to work as possible... so they can buy food and look after families,

earthtimes 02-FEB-10

[-said]: isolated incidents of looting or attacks on convoys of food,

reuters 02-FEB-10

[-said]: The number of people being reached with the basic food they need, rice and ready-to-eat meals where appropriate is scaling up in the way we all want to see,

globalsecurity 02-FEB-10

[-says]: That is an operation that is being conducted on the basis of coupons and so it can be more easily targeted than the very quick and dirty distributions, if I call it that way, which were being used in the first couple of weeks. So, I think there is good progress being made there.

globalsecurity 02-FEB-10

[ said]: There is not really an issue there about their presence, they're not trying to dominate the country militarily, they don't have any agenda other than simply the aid operation,

NEWScomAU 02-FEB-10

[-said]: isolated incidents of looting or attacks on convoys of food

thestar 02-FEB-10

[-said]: This is a major challenge. We don't have a magic solution. Hurricanes have caused major disasters in Haiti before,

thestar 02-FEB-10

[-said]: What I think we can see now is that we are beginning to make really significant progress in doing that, particularly on the food side, but, in some other areas as well,

globalsecurity 02-FEB-10

[-says]: So, the scaling up is happening significantly now ... But, we still have a significant way to go before we reach everybody with the aid that they need.

globalsecurity 02-FEB-10

[-said]: Shelter is top priority. We are getting material in and distributing it as fast as we possibly can,

thestar 02-FEB-10

[-said]: I think there was a desire to avoid creating large camps, which have a tendency to become permanent over time rather than temporary,

globalsecurity 02-FEB-10

[-said]: It's not the coordination that's been an issue, it's just the sheer practical difficulty of getting things to happen on the scale you need quickly enough,

smh 01-FEB-10

[ said]: It has been slower than anyone hoped or expected,

antiguanews 31-JAN-10

[ said]: In this context, sanitation is a particular concern at the moment,

globalsecurity 30-JAN-10

[ said]: Clearly there would be a longer-term problem about how to cope with the large number of amputees in terms of artificial limbs and rehabilitation, but that’s a slightly longer-term issue, but one [that] we’re very conscious of as well,

globalsecurity 30-JAN-10

[ said]: We still have a huge distance to go,

antiguanews 27-JAN-10

[-said]: We need significantly more,

HonululuAdvetrtiser 26-JAN-10

[-said]: But again, I think we're making progress,

cnn 21-JAN-10

[-told]: This is massive international effort and will continue to be a massive international effort,

earthtimes 21-JAN-10

[ said]: People are still being pulled out of the rubble, extraordinarily,

WashingtonPost 21-JAN-10

[ said]: There were a lot of people upset,

theglobeandmail 20-JAN-10

[-said]: We are beginning to turn the corner. We are making progress,

cnn 20-JAN-10

[ said]: People were sending planes very often without warning, particularly in the first three or four days,

theglobeandmail 20-JAN-10

[-said]: It's a long way to go, but that effort (of feeding people) is being ramped up with increasing speed and scale,

earthtimes 20-JAN-10

[-said]: extraordinary.

earthtimes 20-JAN-10

[-said]: We are making progress,

cnn 20-JAN-10

[-said]: It is very useful, but it is not an airdrop,

earthtimes 19-JAN-10

[-said]: It takes time to get as many supplies into the country as we want,

AP 19-JAN-10

[ said]: The search and rescue has been a fantastic success this time,

wsj 19-JAN-10

[-said]: It's not just a matter of shortage (of personnel),

earthtimes 19-JAN-10

[-said]: It's a question of precaution to ensure that we will have what we need in the medium term as well.

earthtimes 19-JAN-10

[-said]: Local medical infrastructure is both badly damaged and overwhelmed by the number of injuries, so again, that is a top priority to get more doctors in there, more medical teams, field hospitals, more medical supplies to make sure we can tackle that problem,

globalsecurity 17-JAN-10

[-said]: We're all frustrated and impatient with that,

news 16-JAN-10

[said:]: So far, it's very good.

TheScotsman 16-JAN-10

[-told]: If we could snap our fingers and make these things arrive, we would do that, but that's not possible,

CBC 15-JAN-10

[said:]: clearly it will be hundreds of millions of dollars.

news 15-JAN-10

[-said]: Disaster survivors have a right to expect assistance as soon as possible, and we have been working to get assistance to Haiti since the first hour after this earthquake,

xinhuanet_en 15-JAN-10

[ said]: If we are to meet the needs on the ground we must work together,

earthtimes 15-JAN-10

[acknowledged:]: a bit of a blockage at the moment

news 15-JAN-10

[-said]: There's a large number of planes trying to get in there,

news 15-JAN-10

[-said]: will be a huge presence and very dominant, but we've got very good relationships with them and we're working extremely well with them. They accepted or volunteered that the U.N. should coordinate the humanitarian relief.

news 15-JAN-10

[said:]: We have been in touch with the US administration, including the military.

caribbean360 15-JAN-10

[-said]: We know that there are search and rescue teams on the way, or will be on the way, from the United States, from China, from France via Guadeloupe, from the Dominican Republic, and many other countries, I think, will be sending their teams as quickly as possible,

caribbean360 15-JAN-10

[-said]: It was not a correct story,

earthtimes 15-JAN-10

[-said]: This is worse because the U.N. is a pretty devastated organization.

news 15-JAN-10

[ said]: The reality is that getting the quantities of supplies, equipment and expertise that are so desperately needed on the ground inevitably takes time,

earthtimes 15-JAN-10

[ said]: The reality is that getting the qualities of supplies, equipment and expertise that are so desperately needed on the ground inevitably takes time,

earthtimes 15-JAN-10

[-said]: Inevitably, the reality is that however fast we try to move, it will always be too slow for those people who are on the ground, who are waiting patiently for help,

news 15-JAN-10

[ said]: The local medical infrastructure is both badly damaged and overwhelmed by the number of injuries,

peopledaily 15-JAN-10

[ said]: Every hour counts,

sundaytimes 14-JAN-10

[-said]: It will be rough and ready and not based on any evidence as we would like it,

earthtimes 14-JAN-10

[said:]: We have been in touch with the U.S. administration, including the military.

ipsnews 14-JAN-10

[-said]: We know that there are search and rescue teams on the way, or will be on the way, from the United States, from China, from France via Guadaloupe, from the Dominican Republic, and many other countries, I think, will be sending their teams as quickly as possible,

ipsnews 14-JAN-10

[ said]: in the city of 2.8 million people, where the national palace, the main prison, hotels, hospitals, and schools sustained extensive damage,

middle 14-JAN-10

[-said]: It's not so much the distribution of supplies, it's the arrivals of a large number of planes,

earthtimes 14-JAN-10

[-said]: Like any flash appeals, we expect to revise them in three or four weeks when we got better evidence, up or down, and the changing nature of it.

earthtimes 14-JAN-10

[-said]: We are mobilising every effort we can to start the humanitarian operation,

ipsnews 14-JAN-10

[-said]: Initial reports suggest a high number of casualties,

alertnet 14-JAN-10

[said:]: We know at least one hospital has collapsed; others have been damaged.

ipsnews 14-JAN-10

[-said]: major transport routes have been severely disrupted by surface cracks, rocks and boulders, fallen trees and smashed cars.

newschannel5 13-JAN-10

[-said]: by strong shaking,

newschannel5 13-JAN-10

[-said]: Every hour counts in this situation where people are trapped under rubble,

newschannel5 13-JAN-10

[-said]: have all suffered extensive damage.

swissinfo 13-JAN-10

[-said]: This is a major humanitarian crisis and the needs are going to be very great.

newschannel5 13-JAN-10

[-said]: The relief effort must continue to focus on improving conditions for the increasing number of IDPs as well as host communities; and on those trapped in Saada Governorate where the worst of the fighting is taking place,

alertnet 12-JAN-10

[ said]: These massacres underline the vulnerability of civilians in parts of the DRC where armed groups continue to act with total disregard for national and international law,

reliefWeb 24-DEC-09

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