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UN and Qatar sign Humanitarian Partnership Agreement

(Doha, 10 April 2012) – The UN and the State of Qatar have signed a humanitarian partnership agreement to expand collaboration and strengthen joint coordination and response to humanitarian crises. The agreement is the first of its kind in the Gulf region.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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QC hosts training course on disaster

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Qatar Charity

In cooperation with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs (OCHA) for the Gulf Region and the Qatari Sakha Company, Qatar Charity held a training course, preparing 27 trainees on the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in the field of humanitarian response to disasters.

The training course, entitled ‘Sphere’, was held at QC’s headquarters and the participating trainees were from Qatar and the GCC states.

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Qatar Charity and UN Humanitarian Office launch first Stand-by Partnership Programme in the Middle East

(Doha/Cairo, 20 June 2011): The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Qatar Charity today officially confirmed, during a signing ceremony in Doha, the Stand-By Partnership Programme that aims at deploying Qatari experts in humanitarian emergencies as part of OCHA.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.