UAE allocates $5m to support UN humanitarian efforts in Gaza
The fund to help alleviate the suffering of the people of Gaza
Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has said that the UAE has allocated $5 million to support the efforts of Sigrid Kaag, the United Nations Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza.
The aid comes in implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed stressed the UAE’s keenness to support the humanitarian operations being carried out by the United Nations in the Gaza Strip and to support Sigrid Kaag in her efforts to alleviate the suffering of the people of Gaza and scale up the urgent humanitarian response to their needs.
Medical aid
Sheikh Abdullah also met with Kaag, who is on a visit to the country, where they reviewed the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a result of the war, and ways to address its repercussions at an accelerated and coordinated pace, aiming to alleviate civilian suffering and meet their needs.
He also stressed the necessity of a ceasefire and ensuring that humanitarian, relief and medical aid reaches the brotherly Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip urgently, intensively, safely and without any obstacles, preventing further loss of life, and avoiding inflaming the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory.