I will be very brief because I think my good friend, European Commissioner Poul Nielson, has covered the grounds very precisely and thoroughly.

I think the developments in the humanitarian area and the crisis we have had to live with during the past decade has been one of the enduring signs of the last decade. And here when I talk of humanitarian crisis, it could be based on war, it could be caused by war, it could be caused by natural disasters, it could be caused by people who are forced to become internally displaced within their own countries. And the numbers are huge. We are talking millions and millions of people. We often go in there with the cooperation and support of the European Union or the governments or the donors, to try and give assistance.

But we are also constantly searching and asking questions: "Are we giving the right assistance?" "Are we doing the right thing?" "Is our assistance having the right impact?" "Is our assistance prolonging the war or the conflict?" "How can we better serve these people who need our help?"
That search would always continue. We have been able to help some people or those we have not been able to reach. And we are always anxious and concerned to reach all their need. And we sometimes wonder whether we are able to provide assistance only to those who are accessible and those who are not accessible or those who are not in front of our televisions. Are they forgotten? How do we reach them? What do we do for them? Our questions that we grapple with and will continue to grapple with.

But because of the partnerships we have, because of the support we have from donor governments. I think we are going to be able to continue this way and perhaps improve on what we have done. We may not be able to help everybody, but even if we help one person or we help 50 percent of the people, we should be satisfied that we have reached someone and made a difference.

And I think as you walk around this exhibition, we tell the story of people who are less fortunate than we are. We should individually and collectively think of what we can do to help make their lives better, to help extend assistance or to help convince our own governments that these are people we are helping and that the programmes are set up to support these people, should be given the assistance that they need.

You are here for the exhibition, not to hear speeches, so I will stop here. And we are all going to see the exhibition. Thank you very much.