Saudi Arabia ‘at forefront of global humanitarian effort’

April 15, 2017

Paris, Apr 15: A Saudi official told a seminar in Paris that the Kingdom is among the key global supporters of humanitarian work, and does not differentiate between different races or religions in its mission to alleviate suffering.

Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, adviser at the Royal Court and general supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRelief), was speaking at a meeting about the current situation and future peace in Yemen.

The seminar, organized by the Paris-based Arab World Institute, was also attended by Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr, and Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to France Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Angari.

Al-Rabeeah said the Kingdom is at the forefront of countries supporting humanitarian and developmental work, and aims to alleviate human suffering wherever it is.

He added that the Kingdom has been a historical supporter of the Yemeni people, in seeking legitimacy in the country by applying the UN resolutions, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) decisions and the agreements of the National Dialogue Conference on Yemen.

He said that KSRelief put the humanitarian needs of the Yemeni people at the top of its priorities, accounting for more than 65 percent of its work.

The center has implemented 124 relief programs in the fields of food security, shelters, health, environmental reform, water, mother and child health and community programs, spanning all parts of Yemen.

Al-Rabeeah said the center supported Yemeni refugees in Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Djibouti.

He said the Kingdom has hosted 603,000 Yemenis as a result of the crisis, offering them free health care and education. The programs have also provided educational programs and health facilities inside Yemen.

Challenges to the work include threats and attacks by armed Houthi militias, who also use some of Yemen’s ports for financial gain through the imposition of taxes on food, medication and medical equipment, Al-Rabeeah said.

He called on the international community to protect relief workers and facilitate the delivery of aid, as well as intensifying its work through more effective programs in Yemen.

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Level of human costs of Israeli aggression on Lebanon ‘alarming’, warns UN

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November 12,2024

The UN humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon has warned that the “picture of life in Lebanon remains grim,” highlighting an "alarming" level of human suffering and significant humanitarian consequences due to the ongoing Israeli carnage.

Imran Riza, the UN Deputy Special Coordinator and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL), provided a stark overview of the Arab country's dire circumstances in a statement released on Monday.

“The current picture of life in Lebanon remains grim. Yesterday, airstrikes reportedly killed 23 people, including seven children, in the village of Aalmat in Mount Lebanon,” Riza said on X.

An airstrike in the city of Tyre on the same day resulted in the tragic deaths of five siblings from a single family, all of whom had special needs, according to his statement.

He added that in the last week, Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 241 individuals and left 642 others injured in Lebanon, as reported by the Ministry of Health.

“In the past month, more than 185,000 people have fled their homes in their search for safety within the country, bringing the total to over 870,000 people internally displaced,” Riza said

The UN official highlighted that numerous individuals, including the elderly and those with health issues, are staying behind while witnessing the ruins of their ancestral homes.

He urged for the swift safeguarding of civilian people and infrastructure, emphasizing the necessity to uphold international humanitarian law and end the ongoing violence.

Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Israeli forces bombed a house in the town of Maydoun in Bekaa on Monday night, killing three people and destroying the house.

Earlier, Israel bombed the northern town of Ain Yaaqoub, killing at least 14 people.

The killings came as Israeli military continued to pound Lebanon, bombing shops selling electrical appliances in the southern city of Tyre and carrying out air raids on the towns of Shamshtar in eastern Baalbek and Roumine in southern Nabatieh.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Health said Israeli attacks killed at least 54 people across the country on Monday.

Israel’s merciless attacks continue despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and Lebanon.

In Lebanon, at least 3,243 people have been killed and 14,134 others wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on Gaza began on October 7, 2023.

The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah opened a support front for Palestinians in Gaza only a day after the Israeli regime unleashed its genocidal war on the besieged territory.

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