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Tom Fletcher, UN humanitarian chief: 'Cuts force us to choose which lives to save and which lives not to'

A few months ago, at a center for malnourished children in the remote Darfur region of Sudan, an orphaned baby who had arrived days earlier on the brink of death gripped Tom Fletcher’s finger with surprising strength. The United Nations’ humanitarian chief says those seconds eased his frustration at international inaction and the “anger” he feels over cuts to aid at a time when needs and conflicts are rising around the world.

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Tom Fletcher, head of OCHA, on a Madrid street this Wednesday.

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Tom Fletcher, U.N. humanitarian chief, in Madrid on Wednesday.
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