Kuwait Fund joins UN in celebrating UN Day
Event also marks the 60th anniversary of the partnership between Kuwait and UN agencies
Under the auspices and attendance of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chairman, Board of Director of Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwait Fund took part in UN Day celebration, organized by UN House in Kuwait on October 30th 2023.
The event also celebrates the 60th anniversary of the close partnership between the State of Kuwait and UN agencies in the development and peace fields, and honors their joint efforts in boosting sustainable cooperation to achieve development goals and reinforce peace on regional and international domains.
On such a worldwide celebration, Kuwait Fund’s Acting Director-General Waleed Shamlan Al-Bahar announced that the total number of Kuwait Fund’s contributions to support UN agencies’ development efforts and projects amounted to 34 grants worth $108 million.
Al-Bahar affirmed that Kuwait Fund’s efforts, in partnership with UN agencies, are part of backing human action regionally and internationally, bolstering countries’ capacities for development, and supporting refugees by providing them with the opportunity to acquire a decent life.
He added that such joint development and human efforts with the UN had had a profound impact on the advancement of education, health, agriculture, irrigation, transportation, communication, energy, industry, water, and sewage sectors in development nations.