Qatar committed to allocate large part of its international development aid to LDC5
25 May 2021 - 8:11
H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
QNA
In a videotaped speech during the opening session the Preparatory Committee for the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi said that the State of Qatar has not wavered in playing its desired role as an active partner in the international community in reducing the burdens and addressing common crises and challenges. The State of Qatar has been keen to support the least developed countries, by allocating a large part of its international development aid to these countries. Realizing the importance of supporting countries affected by the negative effects of climate change, the Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani announced during the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit Qatar’s contribution of $100 millio
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On behalf of the governments of Saint Lucia and the UK and the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership – welcome to you all.
Thank you for joining today’s important discussions to determine how to scale up early action on disasters.
We must reach REAP’s goal of making 1 billion people safer from disaster by 2025.
Between 1970 and 2019, 79% of disasters involved weather, climate and water-related hazards.
70% of resultant deaths occurred in the Least Developed Countries.
Sadly, these events will only increase.
But increasing also is our ability to forecast and forewarn: over half of humanitarian needs stem from ‘predictable’ events.
But still only 1% of humanitarian finance is prearranged.
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