SCHOOL MEAL/FEEDING PROGRAM(S) Most recently completed school year: September 2018 – July 2019 (182 days) • School Canteens Lead Agency: Ministry of Education - Ministry of Health and Community...
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Global Child Nutrition Foundation Global Survey 2021: The United Arab Emirates
SCHOOL MEAL/FEEDING PROGRAM(S) School year: 2020–2021 • School Canteens Lead Agency: Emirates Foundation for School Education, Ministry of Education
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UAE: Arbitrarily Detained Afghans Stuck in Limbo [EN/AR]
Deprived of Freedom with Little Prospect of a New Life (Beirut) – Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have arbitrarily detained between 2,400 and 2,700 Afghans for over 15 months in the “Emirates...
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ICBA launches new AI-powered mobile app for crop disorder detection [EN/AR]
Dubai, UAE, 12 December 2022 – A new AI-powered mobile application for detecting crop disorders was unveiled today by H.E. Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment of...
ICBA, Zayed University observe Zayed Humanitarian Day with community initiative [EN/AR]
Dubai, UAE, 24 April 2022 – The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) organized a special event on Zayed Humanitarian Day, which is observed every year on the 19th day of the holy...
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United Arab Emirates (UAE) Factsheet February 2022
Though not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol, UNHCR works closely with the Government of UAE to expand the protection space for people of concern to UNHCR. UAE is hosting...
ICBA presents beta version of AI-powered mobile app for plant disorder detection [EN/AR]
Dubai, UAE, 9 December 2021 – The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) has demonstrated the beta version of an AI-powered mobile app for detecting plant disorders to agricultural...
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UAE welcomes 41 Afghans on humanitarian grounds
ABU DHABI, 6th September, 2021 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates has welcomed 41 Afghan evacuees, including members of the Afghan girls’ cycling and robotic teams, as well as at-risk human rights...
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Dubai's Burj Khalifa Lights up on the World Humanitarian Day [EN/AR]
ABU DHABI, August 19, 2021- Marking the World Humanitarian Day, Dubai Burj Khalifa lights up with #TheHumanRace, this year’s campaign slogan was launched by the United Nations Office for the...
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UAE and UN Partner to Empower Women in Peace and Security
Today, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) announced the signing of an agreement to support the implementation of the Women,...
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83 million people worldwide benefited from Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives’ AED1.2 billion humanitarian, social projects in 2020
DUBAI, 3rd May, 2021 (WAM) -- More than 83 million people in 82 countries benefited from Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives’ (MBRGI) humanitarian and social projects in 2020, the...
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The UAE and WFP are working towards building a world without hunger
Most hunger today is a self-inflicted wound. Six out of ten of the world's hungry live in countries at war with themselves, affecting more than 400 million people. Conflict causes hunger and hunger...
UAE Contributes 500,000 COVID-19 Testing Kits worth USD 10 Million to World Health Organization
The United Arab Emirates announced today that it had donated USD 10 million worth of PCR COVID-19 testing kits sufficient for 500,000 people to the World Health Organization. The donation was made in...
United Arab Emirates - Floods (NCM, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 May 2020)
On 26 May,widespread floods triggered by heavy rain affected the Emirate of Sharjah, resulting in fatalities. According to media reports, 4 people died and 2 have been injured due to a flash flood...
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Update on COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region [EN/AR]
Cairo, Egypt, 16 February, 2020 - The World Health Organization announces a total of nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region as of 16 February 2020. Eight cases were...
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WHO confirms first cases of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Cairo, Egypt, 29 January 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed the first cases of 2019-nCoV in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in the United Arab Emirates. This follows earlier...
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UAE intensifying humanitarian efforts globally: Hamdan bin Zayed
ABU DHABI, 30th September, 2019 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in the Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, has underlined the...
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UAE, UNHCR reviewing cooperation
The UAE Ambassador to Rwanda, Hazza Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Thursday received the Representative of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees to Rwanda, Ahmed Baba Fall, to review prospects of...
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment assesses adaptation to climate change in UAE
DUBAI, Sep 30 2018 (WAM) - The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) has conducted an overall assessment of climate adaptation in the health context in the UAE. Through surveys and a...
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UAE to grant nationals of countries facing war a one-year stay permit
ABU DHABI, 18th June, 2018 (WAM) -- The UAE Cabinet, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has adopted a resolution...