Kuwait commits to backing charitable & developmental institutions – official
Boosting capabilities in line with relevant int’l criteria
KUWAIT CITY, May 10, (KUNA): Kuwait is eager to help charitable and developmental institutions draw upon international humanitarian expertise, said a senior official of the Foreign Ministry Tuesday.
Addressing a Gulf humanitarian summit, Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Ambassador Talal Al-Mutairi said the ministry seeks to enable Kuwaiti charities to make use of digital transformation just out of its belief in the significance of boosting their capabilities in line with relevant international criteria.
He added that today’s gathering focuses on the importance of innovation and smart transformation to humanitarian activities, given that around 274 million people across the world are in dire need of urgent humanitarian aid.
Al-Mutairi represented Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, the sponsor of the Gulf humanitarian award and the Gulf humanitarian summit.
This innovation and digitalization mainly aims at boosting humanitarian response efficiency in this chaotic world which is experiencing mounting crises, natural disasters and armed conflicts, he said.
The Arab and Muslim region, in particular, is locked in critical circumstances that require further concerted efforts and more development and humanitarian projects with a view to easing out the anguish and woes of people, Al-Mutairi emphasized.
The Kuwaiti official boasted that his country was proclaimed by the United Nations (UN) as a world humanitarian hub, thanking all participants in the Gulf humanitarian award for 2022.
On his part, Chairman of the Bahraini Regional Network for Social Responsibility Yousuf Abdelghaffar commended the Gulf humanitarian prize as a professional and humanitarian event for Gulf humanitarian and social experts to come together to explore ways of developing humanitarian act.
He added that his network seeks to become a role model for honoring charities and philanthropists in recognition of their great and praiseworthy humanitarian achievements.
He pointed out that the regional network uses the opportunity of this event in order to offer a host of humanitarian initiatives inside and outside the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states.
Director-General of the Arab Planning Institute Dr. Bader Malallah underlined the importance of the Gulf humanitarian award, saying that charitable and humanitarian act is deep-rooted and inherited in the Gulf society in general.
The humanitarian domain encompasses several significant aspects, chiefly development, he said, calling for further backing for Arab humanitarian activities, he said.
In this regard, he spoke highly of Kuwait’s humanitarian expertise, which earned it a high international recognition and appreciation thanks to the great humanitarian efforts of the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad AlJaber Al-Sabah.
Ten Kuwaiti, Qatari, Bahraini, UAE and Omani winners of the sixth edition of the Gulf humanitarian prize were honored on the sidelines of the gathering.