The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Shaya Zindani met today, Friday, in Baghdad, with the Special Envoy of the Russian President for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.
The gross domestic product (GDP) in the Eurozone and the European Union (EU) registered a growth of 0.3 percent during the first quarter of the current year compared to the previous quarter.
UAE allocates $2 million for UN humanitarian response in Yemen
[05/10/2017 02:38]
ABU DHABI-SABA
The United Arab Emirates has announced Thursday the allocation of $2 million for saving lives and early recovery of children and women affected by the war in Yemen. The amount will be spent through the UN Humanitarian Response Plan in Yemen.
The UAE's news agency "WAM" said that the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation signed a deal with the UNICEF in this regard.
The Assistant Minister Sultan Al Shamsi and the UNICEF's Gulf representative, Shahida Azfar were the signatories.
Al-Shamsi said the deal "comes as part of the response to the present emergency cases; the needy, mainly children under 5 and women beneficiaries across the Yemeni provinces."
It aims to expand the integrated nutrition project to a number of the malnourished persons; more than 7,444 children and 12,500 pregnant and breastfeeding. In addition to lifesaving and therapeutic nutrition.