HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, today praised the United Arab Emirates for its generosity in terms of humanitarian assistance, describing this as one of the facets of the ‘remarkable legacy’ of the country’s founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed. The Prince and his wife, HRH the Duchess of Cornwall, were visiting International Humanitarian
On the final day of their three-day visit to the UAE, HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, HRH the Duchess of Cornwall, accompanied by HRH Princess Haya bint Al Hussein, the wife of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler
The International Humanitarian City, IHC, in Dubai was one of the focal points today on the programme of the three-day visit to the UAE by HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, and his wife, HRH the Duchess of Cornwall. The city has grown in little more than a decade to become the world’s largest
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and FUNN, the Sharjah Media Arts for Children and Youth Foundation, signed on Mondaya two-year agreement to work together on fighting hunger worldwide, particularly among youth and children. Under the agreement, WFP and FUNN will work jointly on projects that help vulnerable communities, and provide school feeding programmes
A UAE plane carrying over 100 tonnes of aid will leave for Entebbe, Uganda, early on Sunday to deliver vital relief supplies to more than 60,000 South Sudanese refugees who have flocked to the Ugandan border, fleeing from the conflict in South Sudan. This immediate response follows the directives of Vice President and Prime Minister
T he World Humanitarian Day (marked on Friday) holds a special significance for the UAE. The country, under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has remained in the forefront of supporters of humanitarian initiatives and has justifiably been recognised as a humanitarian capital, being the world’s largest donor of
The UAE is deeply committed to protecting humanitarian workers and providing emergency relief to more than 130 million people affected by humanitarian crises in over 40 countries, Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemi, Minister of State for International Cooperation, said on Thursday on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day. In a statement to mark World Humanitarian