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Natural history of the UAE,
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GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS - INTERNATIONAL AID
 UAE plane to transport relief to Sudan's flood-hit areas
Posted on 19/11/2008
A cargo plane provided by the UAE to assist in operations to transport relief materials to the areas affected by floods in Sudan, arrived in Khartoum yesterday.
The plane's crew was greeted at the airport by Abdullah Ali Masar, Sudanese Presidential Advisor, Isa Abdullah Al Basha Al Nuaimi, UAE Ambassador to Khartoum and a number of Sudanese officials.
The UAE-registered Hercules plane will ferry aid materials to the remote areas affected by floods from its operations base in Khartoum. The
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 Sheikha Fatima Rehabilitation Centre for Children in Palestine awaits opening
Posted on 16/11/2008
Palestine's largest Rehabilitation centre for disabled children will soon open its doors, thanks to a humanitarian gesture of the Mother of United Arab Emirates Her Highness Sheikha Fatima.
Upon completion of the construction works of the 'Sheikha Fatima Rehabilitation Centre for the Disabled', the UAE Red Crescent Authority handed over the building to the Palestinian Minister of Social Affairs and Agriculture Mahmoud Al-Habash, at a special ceremony held in the suburbs of the historical city
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![]() UN to call from Abu Dhabi for World Solidarity against dire humanitarian conditions
Posted on 16/11/2008
United Nations will launch a humanitarian unified call in 2009 from Abu Dhabi to mobilise support and aid to help millions of people threatened by the conflicts and natural calamities worldwide.
This will be the first time in which the international body launches its annual call from the Middle East. The move is recognition to the role being shouldered by the UAE in easing burden on the victims of the conflicts and natural crisis across the globe.
Deputy Prime Minister HH Sheikh Hamdan bin
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 UAE supports UN funds with US$668,000
Posted on 13/11/2008
The UAE Tuesday presented US$668,000 to the UN in support of the latter's development activities and programmes for the year 2009.
In a statement to the special congress held at the New York headquarters to announce donations made to the UN's various funds by members of the international body, Mohammed Saeed Al-Ka'abi, UAE delegation member to the UN, said the amount include US$324,000 donated to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), US$100,000 to the UNICEF, US$54,000 to the UNHCR,
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 Sheikh Khalifa orders to build thousand homes for flood victims in Yemen
Posted on 12/11/2008
UAE President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered to build a thousand houses for those who lost homes in the recent floods in Yemen.
The tropical storm and torrential rain which hit largely the eastern province of Hadhramawt earlier last month had caused extensive damage in the region. Hundreds of homes made of mud brick had collapsed in the flooding.
Following Sheikh Khalifa's orders, HH General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme
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![]() UAE planes to bring relief to Sudan's flood victims
Posted on 12/11/2008
The Government of the UAE will provide a cargo plane to assist in operations to transport relief materials to the areas affected by floods in Sudan.
Starting November 17, a UAE-registered Hercules plane will ferry aid materials to the remote areas affected by floods from its operations base in Sudan. The plane is owned and operated by Maximus Air Cargo. – Emirates News Agency, WAM
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 RCA opens relief centre in Yemen's Edid district
Posted on 05/11/2008
The UAE Red Crescent Society opened yesterday the Emirates Centre in the Yemeni district of Edid to provide relief assistance to the people affected by the floods which hit Yemen.
The centre's opening came in keeping with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister '&'
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![]() UAE President orders sending of urgent aid to victims of Baluchistan quake
Posted on 01/11/2008
President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has ordered sending of urgent relief to the victims of the earthquake, which hit Baluchistan region, southwest of Pakistan early Wednesday. Sheikh Khalifa instructed the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Charity Foundation to immediately dispatch aid to the victims. Tens of people were killed and hundreds injured when a strong earthquake shook Pakistan's impoverished south western Baluchistan early Wednesday, destroying hundreds of mud houses that
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 Emarati field hospital provides healthcare to floods victims
Posted on 01/11/2008
Sana'a - The UAE Field Hospital, set up by the UAE Armed Forces in the Yemeni city of Seyoun, has started to provide healthcare services to the people affected by the floods which hit several provinces in Yemen.
The hospital was set up in line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and General H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces and under the directives and follow up
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 RCA delivers relief materials to Yemen flood victims
Posted on 31/10/2008
Sana'a - The UAE Red crescent Authority (RCA) has intensified its humanitarian efforts to ease the plight of the people affected by the floods which hit Yemen recently.
A delegation from the UAE arrived yesterday aboard a plane carrying tents, blankets and foodstuff as part of an on-going humanitarian programme, being carried out in coordination with the Yemen Red Crescent Society.
Humaid Al Shamis, who heads the RCA delegation in Yemen, described the situation in the affected areas as
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![]() UAE military to build field hospital in Yemen
Posted on 29/10/2008
The UAE will commission a military medical hospital in Seyoun to deliver health services to people affected by floods and heavy rains which swept Yemen over the past few days.
A UAE military medical team arrived in Seyoun yesterday to build the field hospital.
Dr. Hussein Al Hadad, Director of Public Health Office, Hadramout Province, said:'The field hospital is part of UAE urgent relief assistance to flood-affected population. The health facility is equipped with modern operation theatres
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 RCA to airlift 40 tones of relief to Yemen
Posted on 29/10/2008
A UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) relief plane will take off today to Makkala to deliver humanitarian assistance to population affected by the recent flash floods which killed scores of people and damaged properties in Yemen.
The relief will be airlifted in implementation of instructions given by President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to dispatch urgent humanitarian assistance to the flood-victims in Yemen.
Dr. Ali bin Abdullah Al Ka'abi, RCA Chairman, said the plane would carry
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![]() RCA, Khalifa Foundation to assess relief needs of flood-victims in Yemen
Posted on 27/10/2008
In line with the directives of President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister & Chairman of the Red Crescent Authority, has ordered dispatch of relief materials to the people affected by the floods which hit Yemen recently.
Sheikh Hamdan instructed the RCA to provide every possible help to the flood victims in Yemen to improve the humanitarian situation in the affected areas.
Dr Ali bin Abdullah Al Kaabi, RCA's Board Chairman,
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 RCA launches anti-blind drive in Tanzania
Posted on 27/10/2008
An eye care campaign was launched yesterday at the Tanzanian island of Bamba by the UAE Red Crescent Authority.
Ahmed Abdullah Al Ali, head of the RCA, said the campaign ophthalmologists had begun examining more than 100 patients suffering from cataract, glaucoma and squint.
'The campaign, which also includes surgical, curative, preventive and educational programmes, will last for more than a week on the far-flung Indian Ocean,' he said while addressing a launching ceremony which was attended
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 President orders dispatch of emergency relief assistance to flood victims in Yemen
Posted on 25/10/2008
President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered an emergency relief supply be dispatched to flood victims in the Hadramaut region of Yemen. The kind gesture aims at alleviating the sufferings of the people in the affected area as a result of the natural disaster. – Emirates News Agency, WAM
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