Representative of the UN General Secretary and Resident Coordinator to the State of Kuwait Dr. Tariq Al-Sheikh Tuesday praised the diplomatic and humanitarian initiatives of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. He expressed congratulations on the sixth anniversary of UN honoring His Highness the Amir as a leader of humanitarian work and the State of Kuwait as a center of humanitarian efforts. Al-Sheikh also expressed best wishes to His Highness the Amir for a long life and wellness in leading humanitarian work in various local, regional and international forums.
In an interview with KUNA, Al-Sheikh said that His Highness the Amir has left a good impression on how Kuwait adopted peace as a base for its national and foreign policies. He noted that cooperation and partnership with the United Nation and all its organizations and programs have helped in the continuous noticeable humanitarian work. In this regard, he referred to efforts spent by Kuwait during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its generous funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) in response for the call by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to support affected areas around the world.
This funding helped in providing healthcare for many countries with refugees and highly affected areas such as Yemen where Kuwait supported more than 100 health centers, Al-Sheikh added. He also pointed to Kuwait’s participation in international experiments aiming at a vaccine for (COVID-19) in coordination with WHO.
On local level, Al-Sheikh praised the strategy undertaken by the Kuwait government to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic by adopting a comprehensive plan in coordinating with civil and private institutions to decrease the negative impacts of the pandemic on affected people. He noted the coordination, cooperation and consultation between the UN and Kuwait official and civil humanitarian institutions, topped by Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS).
