Photo: Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah amidst Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghnem, ambassador Bader Al-Tunaib and Kuwait delegates to the UN

Kuwait serves the urgent humanitarian issues Globally

Kuwait to cement cooperation with UN agencies -- FM

22/08/2014

GENEVA-- The visiting Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Friday instructed the Permanent Mission of Kuwait to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva to further enhance the friendly ties with the UN agencies in keeping with the country's foreign policy.

"The cooperation between Kuwait and these organizations serves the urgent humanitarian issues and helps address the impacts of disasters, whether natural or man-made, including the repercussions of bitter political events such as the aggression on Gaza Strip and the ordeal of the Syrian internally-displaced people and refugees," he said.

Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled made the comments during his meeting with members of the mission, including Kuwait delegates to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other multi-national agencies.

He lauded the role of the permanent mission in representing the interests of the State of Kuwait, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the entire Arab and Muslim nation.

He also instructed the country consulate in Geneva to facilitate the services offered to Kuwait community in Switzerland including the students and tourists.

Kuwait's Permanent Delegate to the UN Office in Geneva Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim briefed Sheik Sabah Al-Khaled on the progress of cooperation between the mission and UN agencies and other organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

Following the meeting, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled inspected the premises of the permanent mission, the consular division, and the construction works geared for the Kuwaiti community and the growing role of the Kuwaiti diplomacy on the regional and international arenas.

Ambassador Al-Ghunaim hosted a dinner banquet in honor of Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled and Arab delegation accompanying him including Arab League Secretary-General Dr. Nabil Al-Araby and Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Riad Malki.

UN Refugee Agency warmly receives Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled

22/08/2014

Photo: UN Refugee Agency warmly receives Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled

GENEVA-- The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres and staffers of his office greeted with a big round of applause Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as he arrived at the seven-story headquarters of the Agency here on Friday.

This warm reception is a token appreciation for distinguished humanitarian role of Kuwait under His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Guterres said in statement to KUNA following his meeting with Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled.

Kuwait, as a government and people, offers outstanding contributions to the relief programs of UN Refugee Agency for the displaced people in Syria and other parts of the world, he pointed out.

His Highness the Amir offers to the international community an exemplary vivid portrait of tolerant values of Islam; thanks to his political wisdom Kuwait has become a global humanitarian center for addressing the disasters of the displaced people in Syria and other parts of the world, Guterres affirmed.

He referred to Kuwait hosting of the two sessions of the International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria in 2013 and 2014.