Development Career
In 2004, Giuliano worked for the International Organization for Migration in the elections for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, and in 2005 worked in Afghanistan for the United Nations Development Programme. In both cases, he was working in the field of communications with the media.
He worked for the United Nations, again in the field of media relations, in Central African Republic in 2006, in Sudan in 2007, in Chad in 2008, as well as Cameroon in 2008 following the refugee crisis caused by the battle of N'Djamena of February 2008.
In 2009 and 2010 he worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he denounced attacks by warrying parties against civilians and the use of rape as a weapon of war, referring to rape as a "pandemic" and "plague". He denounced the brutality of expulsions between the DRC and Angola, alleging that both countries were committing rapes of illegal immigrants who were being deported, and urging them to investigate the allegations on both sides of the border.
In 2010 he was UN spokesperson for the 2010 Pakistan floods. He warned of an impending "second wave of death" that would result from post-flood disease and food shortages, stating that 3.5 million children were at risk of death if they did not get assistance. He stated that "an already colossal disaster getting worse and requiring an even more colossal response", referring to the relief operations as "a marathon at sprint pace", and indicating that the floods had a worse impact than several other recent disasters combined. He attracted criticism for exaggerating the extent of the emergency but was also credited for bringing attention to it.
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