WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has been reviewing the role played by humanitarian and charity organisations in helping underprivileged nations survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
His Highness met the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), David Beasley, in Abu Dhabi to discuss the issue.
The top UN official hailed the significant humanitarian role played by the UAE towards helping needy populations across the world, particularly developing and African nations without discrimination.
Beasley highlighted the great humanitarian missions carried out by Dubai s International Humanitarian City in providing essential food supplies through airlifts and land bridges despite the tough transportation conditions caused by the current health crisis.
Sheikh Mohammed discusses Covid-19 aid with World Food Programme chief
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The meeting addressed the onerous conditions poor people across the globe are facing under the pandemic.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and David Beasley, the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, on Monday reviewed the role played by humanitarian and charity organisations in helping underprivileged nations survive the Covid-19 pandemic.
This came as Sheikh Mohammed met Beasley at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi in the presence of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.
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ABU DHABI, 14th December, 2020 (WAM) His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and David Muldrow Beasley, the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, reviewed the role played by humanitarian and charity organisations in helping underprivileged nations survive the COVDI-19 pandemic.
This came as Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid met Beasley, today at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi in the presence of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.
They reviewed the role humanitarian and charity organisations played in helping underprivileged nations survive the COVDI-19 pandemic.
Sheikh Mohammed and Beasley highlighted the difficult conditions poor people worldwide are facing due to the pandemic and the difficulties they are encountering to meet their food and medical supplies and needs, in the presence of Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.
Beasley hailed the significant humanitarian role played by the UAE through its charity and humanitarian organisations toward needy populations across the world, particularly third world and African nations without discrimination.
He highlighted the major humanitarian missions carried out by Dubai’s International Humanitarian City in providing essential food supplies through airlifts and land bridges despite the tough transportation and traffic conditions caused by the current health crisis.