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World No Tobacco Day 2021 awards – winners
Every year, WHO recognizes individuals or organizations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in the area of tobacco control. This recognition takes the form of WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award and World No Tobacco Day Awards.
WHO Director-General Special award
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Republic of India
African Region awardees
Ministère de la Santé et de la Solidatité Nationale, Republic of Chad
Ms Heran Gerba Borta, Director General, Ethiopian Food and Drug Administration, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Ms Anne Kendagor, Acting Head of the Division of Tobacco Control, Ministry of Health, Republic of Kenya
UAE welcomes ceasefire agreement, mourns loss of lives in Palestine, Israel
Wam Filed on May 23, 2021
People clean the streets beside a building that was previously damaged in an air-strike following a cease-fire reached after an 11-day conflict, in Gaza City.- AP
UAE had earlier stressed that it has been gravely concerned by the escalating violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The UAE has welcomed the news of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The country has also expressed hope that the agreement proves to be durable, lasting, and might contribute to the resumption of a credible wider peace process while restoring calm and building confidence between the parties at the same time.
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Over 7,500 Jordan airport workers receive Covid-19 vaccine
AMMAN, 4 days ago Airport International Group has announced that 7,575 Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) workers - 90 per cent of whom hold frontline positions - have received the Covid-19 vaccine. The ongoing national vaccination campaign - which is aligned with the directives of the Government of Jordan and implemented in cooperation with the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces / Arab Army and the Coronavirus Crisis Cell - has assigned the Airports Security and Protection Directorate (ASPD) to administer the Covid-19 vaccine to workers at all Jordanian airports. In addition to the vaccination campaign, Airport International Group has implemented numerous preventive measures amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, as per national and international health and safety guidelines, earning QAIA the Airports Council International ‘Airport Health Accreditation’ following the resumption of internationa
21 May 2021 - 1:11
QNA
New York - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani held today a ministerial, coordination Arab meeting, to discuss the developments of the crisis in Palestine.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also attended the meeting of the Arab Foreign Ministers.
HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs also gave a speech during the UN General Assembly on developments in the Middle-East and Palestine, and said that the dangerous situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially in Al Quds, and the bombardment of deadly weapons on unarmed civilians and their homes, which led to the death of dozens, including women and children, requires the international community to act urgently to stop the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people And the blessed Al Aqsa Mosque and prevent its recurrence, adding that it also requires showing the respect to the Hashemite guardianship of the