World Governments Summit Advances Global Humanitarian Efforts, UNICEF Director States

The UAE’s role in recent emergency responses is highlighted by Lana Al Wreikat, UNICEF Director for the Gulf Area – GCC Countries, who notes that the country has backed major humanitarian operations in Gaza, Haiti and Bangladesh, as well as relief efforts following humanitarian and natural disasters in several other regions worldwide.

Al Wreikat explains that this backing has not been limited to funding alone. It has also included political support, assistance in opening and maintaining humanitarian corridors, and contributions to early recovery and reconstruction programmes, helping affected communities move from immediate relief towards longer-term stability.

Discussing the wider partnership, Al Wreikat describes the UAE as a strategic and pivotal partner for UNICEF. Cooperation has developed in recent years, both in the level of support and in the forms of collaboration, expanding from financial contributions into broader engagement with international diplomacy and multilateral work.

This evolving partnership includes UAE support for global diplomatic efforts and for strengthening multilateral action, as well as backing initiatives that encourage humanitarian truces in conflict zones. These truces are seen as crucial to protecting children and families and to allowing aid organisations safe access to communities affected by violence and instability.

On the World Governments Summit, Al Wreikat says that it represents a highly important international platform for exchanging perspectives and uniting efforts around urgent humanitarian and development challenges, especially as crises grow in number and conflicts and disasters increasingly affect children and families across the world.

Al Wreikat states that UNICEF’s participation in the World Governments Summit reflects its commitment to work with governments and international partners on sustainable solutions that place children at the centre of global policies and decision-making. The summit, according to Al Wreikat, offers a real chance to shift from dialogue to action and to convert broad commitments into practical and implementable measures.

With inputs from WAM