UAE | Government
Haya visits Lebanese refugees in Syria
WFP Goodwill Ambassador urges increased assistance to alleviate suffering of people
- WAM
- Published: 00:00 August 5, 2006
- Image Credit: AP
- Princess Haya with newborn Lebanese babies at a refugee centre in Damascus.
Damascus: Princess Haya Bint Al Hussain, Wife of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and World Food Programme (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador, yesterday joined James Morris, WFP Executive Director, on a one-day visit of Lebanese refugees in Syria.
Together they called for increased assistance in alleviating the suffering on both sides of the border. "Politicians must stand together to put an end to this senseless conflict by making humanity the priority," said Princess Haya.
"This would be by allowing food to reach the source of the problem without interference, and by allowing us to distribute the food to make our children's lives bearable and to give them some of that hope they desperately need right now," said Princess Haya.
"With every day [the war continues], we are going to see more misery and more displaced people. We have to do everything we can to ease their suffering, and ensure that hunger does not make their plight even worse," said Morris.
Morris said the overnight bombing of the highway north from Beirut to the Syrian border had cut the road in at least three places, effectively severing a vital humanitarian lifeline between Lebanon and the outside world. As a result, today WFP has postponed its planned supply convoy from the humanitarian hub in Areeda, Syria.
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