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Australia provides AU$ 5 million to support Bangladesh’s Covid-19 preparedness and response
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Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has announced providing AU$ 5 million (Tk 330 million) to the Red Crescent to support Bangladesh s Covid-19 preparedness and response.
This funding will be provided through the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and will be used to procure and distribute essential supplies, including oxygen and related equipment, to help communities withstand the health and social impact of the pandemic, said the Australian High Commission in Dhaka today.
The funding is in addition to the AU$ 5.7 million Australia provided last year for personal protective equipment, Covid-19 awareness campaigns, and emergency food and income support.
Human rights organisations stand in solidarity with QRCS
20 May 2021 - 8:55
QNA
Doha: Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Thamer Al Thani expressed his strong condemnation of the continued Israeli attacks on civilians, medical facilities and humanitarian institutions operating in the Gaza Strip, which recently targeted the headquarters of the QRCS in Gaza.
He stressed that these attacks represent a flagrant violation of the international humanitarian law.
He praised the wide international solidarity campaign that stood by the QRCS after it was targeted, whether at the level of governments, national societies, international organizations, media institutions and local bodies or at the public level, which emphasized the importance of providing protection for the humanitarian teams working to help the people of the Gaza Strip.
QRCS receives messages of support and solidarity after bombing of headquarters in Gaza
18 May 2021 - 23:57
QNA
Doha - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Thamer Al-Thani expressed his strong condemnation of the continued Israeli attacks on civilians, medical facilities and humanitarian institutions operating in the Gaza Strip, which recently targeted the headquarters of the QRCS in Gaza, stressing that these attacks represent a flagrant violation of the international humanitarian law.
His Excellency praised the wide international solidarity campaign that stood by the QRCS after it was targeted, whether at the level of governments, national societies, international organizations, media institutions and local bodies or at the public level, which emphasized the importance of providing protection for the humanitarian teams working to help the people of the Gaza Strip.