Address Before the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees

"Equally, the level and rapidity of response to refugee emergences in Africa must be made comparable with those in the rest of the world. I say so because there is now a perception rightly or wrongly, that there is selective application of standards of humanitarian relief and different response levels where African refugee emergences are concerned as compared to other regions of the world facing similar problems." - Dr. Salim, October 16, 1995