Arab News, Monday, Feb 27, 2023 | Sha'ban 07, 1444
KSRelief, UN agencies sign humanitarian deals
Saudi Arabia:
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center
recently signed a cooperation agreement with the UN High Commissioner for
Refugees to provide protection services to the most vulnerable families,
displaced people and refugees in several Yemeni governorates.
Under the agreement, psychosocial support and
specialized protection services will be provided to the most vulnerable groups
and healthcare providers, and awareness-raising programs will be carried out
among refugees and displaced people.
The agreement was signed by KSRelief Supervisor
General Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah and the UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi on the sidelines
of the third Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum.
The agreement is part of efforts exerted by Saudi
Arabia to enhance the protection of refugees and displaced people in some Yemeni
governorates.
Al-Rabeeah also signed a cooperation agreement
with the director general of the International Organization for Migration,
Antonio Vitorino.
Under the agreement, information, visits,
expertise and field experience, research, studies, reports, and statistics on
humanitarian and relief works will be exchanged by the two sides.
Both sides will also participate in seminars,
workshops, and exhibitions. Cooperation will be enhanced in the areas of
training and capacity building, as well as urgent relief assistance in emergency
situations and crises.
The agreements are part of KSRelief’s efforts to
enhance coordination with UN organizations and humanitarian agencies in all
areas of relief, and to expand humanitarian work.
KSRelief also signed a cooperation agreement with
the UN Population Fund to improve access for displaced and vulnerable women in
Somalia to reproductive health services.
The agreement aims to reduce child mortality by
providing reproductive health services for pregnant women and girls in Somalia
at 13 reproductive health centers in targeted regions, equipping operating rooms
with the medical devices necessary to perform surgeries, and medicines needed by
pregnant women to treat potential complications.
It also stipulates allocating budgets necessary
for assessment and health education teams, paying the salaries of medical staff
working in health centers, and establishing three surgical camps for fistula
patients.