Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) signed a Dh7.35-million agreement to support emergency food relief for Rohingya women and child refugees in Bangladesh.
The agreement is part of the Supplementary Appeal of the Emergency Response in Bangladesh initiated by the United Nations this month, seeking financial support to help 1.3 million individuals, including 884,000 Rohingya refugees and 336,000 host communities, by the end of this year.
This funding aims to provide treatment for 132,000 refugees, including 78,000 women and children living in Cox’s Bazar-Bangladesh camp and its new communities. The support will also help UNHCR and its partners reduce the incidence of mortalities linked to moderate and severe malnutrition through life-saving nutrition interventions. It also promotes effective planning, response and monitoring of emergency food and nutrition, as well as the development, analysis and assessment of nutritional needs.
The gesture stems from the UAE’s firm stance to support people in the face of tragedy, and extend a helping hand to the vulnerable and needy of the world affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters — without discrimination or prejudice based on gender, race or belief.
Sultan Mohammad Al Shamsi, assistant secretary of state for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for International Development, and Toby Harward, director of the Office of the UNHCR in the UAE, signed the agreement.
