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Tue, 11/25/2008 - 14:14
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Saif bin Zayed meets UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Abu Dhabi Nov 25, 2008 (WAM) - Interior Minister Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan received yesterday the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres.
During a meeting held at the ministry headquarters, Guterres briefed the minister on the UN Humanitarian Appeal 2009, set to be launched from Abu Dhabi later today.
UN's Consolidated Appeals Process, (CAP) to evoke action from various corners of the world to protect humanity from natural and man-made calamities is an annual event since 1991, but it is the first time the international body launches its appeal from the Middle East.
Sheikh Saif hailed the role played by the UN's Refugee Agency UNHCR in alleviating the sufferings of millions of people around the world, and offered the ministry's support to the Humanitarian Appeal 2009.
The CAP is considered the largest so far as it aims to raise US$7bn to alleviate the immediate sufferings of over 30 million people who need life saving assistance around the world.
During a meeting held at the ministry headquarters, Guterres briefed the minister on the UN Humanitarian Appeal 2009, set to be launched from Abu Dhabi later today.
UN's Consolidated Appeals Process, (CAP) to evoke action from various corners of the world to protect humanity from natural and man-made calamities is an annual event since 1991, but it is the first time the international body launches its appeal from the Middle East.
Sheikh Saif hailed the role played by the UN's Refugee Agency UNHCR in alleviating the sufferings of millions of people around the world, and offered the ministry's support to the Humanitarian Appeal 2009.
The CAP is considered the largest so far as it aims to raise US$7bn to alleviate the immediate sufferings of over 30 million people who need life saving assistance around the world.
