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Valuable concise reference source on the UAE,
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Natural history of the UAE,
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Report by National US Arab Chamber of Commerce on the UAE. Vol XV, No 3, June 2007. Includes analysis of UAE economy. |
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GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS - INTERNATIONAL AID
 UAE to launch nation-wide donations campaign for Gaza
Posted on 07/01/2009
A nation-wide relief campaign to raise cash and material donations in support of Palestinians in Gaza has been announced yesterday by H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and Head of the Office of Coordination of Foreign Aid.
The campaign is in line with directives by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
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![]() RCA medics get ready for humanitarian access to Gaza
Posted on 07/01/2009
Two units of medics and Para-medics set up by the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) is waiting for humanitarian access to Gaza to provide necessary treatment for Palestinian children targeted by the Israeli army.
RCA units are ready with all necessary equipments and medicines to save the lives of those who have been seriously wounded in the bombardment and artillery attacks by Israeli forces. RCA is coordinating with the UNICEF to carry out the humanitarian operations in Gaza.
Secretary
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![]() Palestinians can legalise stay in UAE
Posted on 06/01/2009
Palestinian nationals in the UAE can continue their stay and legalise their status in case their residency permits or visit visas have expired, a top official at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) told Khaleej Times on Monday.
"Also, they can renew their residency permits without paying fines. Palestinians staying in the country on visit visas can legalise their status if they find job offers without the need to leave the country”, said Brigadier Nassir Al Awadi Al Menhali, Acting Director General
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![]() UN delivers UAE relief to Gazans
Posted on 05/01/2009
The United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have commenced delivering relief supplies offered by UAE to the people of Gaza.
The UAE President, H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has instructed the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Charity Foundation to provide and distribute the humanitarian assistance through the two UN agencies.
The assistance includes medical and food supplies. – Emirates News
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![]() RCA receives over Dh 3mn in support of Gaza relief campaign
Posted on 01/01/2009
The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) announced today that a number of companies had pledged Dh 3.36 million in support of its sponsored humanitarian campaign to aid Palestinians affected by the current events in the Gaza Strip.
RCA Chairman Dr. Ali bin Abdullah Al Ka'abi said the relief agency had received urgent contributions of Dh 1 million from Sorouh Real Estate, Dh 1 million from Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, Dh 500,000 from Oasis Leasing, Dh 500,000 from Aldar Properties and Dh 365,000
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 RCA on ground in Gaza
Posted on 30/12/2008
UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) has started its humanitarian and relief operations to save the victims of the current events taking place in Gaza.
As per special directives from President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the RCA HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan is actively following up the relief operations aimed at alleviating the sufferings of the victims of the Israeli aerial attacks.
The first phase of the RCA assistance will cost over Dh
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 RCA to execute emergency relief programme for victims of Israeli aggression in Gaza
Posted on 29/12/2008
The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) will, as a matter of urgency, embark upon an emergency relief programme to reach out to the victims of the ongoing Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip.
The kind gesture is in line with the directives of President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The programme is to be executed in collaboration with the United Nations
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 RCA distributes relief assistance in Yemen
Posted on 27/12/2008
Sana'a - A convoy of trucks carrying 115 tons of relief assistance, including food items, winter cloths, blankets and other essential items, has arrived in this Yemeni town of Seyun as part of a humanitarian programme launched by the UAE Red Crescent Authority to help alleviate the sufferings of the victims of the flood that hit Wadi Hadramaut in recent time.
The RCA delegation accompanying the convoy distributed the relief assistance to the affected families in the town of Shubam.
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![]() Yemeni people hail Sheikh Khalifa's generous gesture
Posted on 25/12/2008
Sana'a - The government and the people of Yemen hailed the generous gesture of UAE President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who ordered to build a thousand homes 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 in October had caused extensive damage in the region. Hundreds of homes made of mud brick had collapsed in the flooding.
A delegation from the UAE Red Crescent
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 RCA delegation visits Yemen
Posted on 24/12/2008
In line with the directives of President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to build and renovate thousand homes for the victims of the recent floods in Yemen, a delegation from UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) headed by the Assistant Secretary General for Relief and Projects Saleem Al Junaibi paid a visit yesterday to Adamou.
Upon arrival in the Yemeni capital, the delegation held a discussion with the UAE ambassador to Yemen Abdullah Mattar Al Mazroui about the primary concepts about
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 RCA delivers assistance to flood-victims in Sri Lanka
Posted on 18/12/2008
The UAE Red Crescent has carried out a humanitarian programme to relieve population in regions affected by recent flash floods in Sri Lanka.
Consignments of assistance were delivered to the First Lady of Sri Lanka, Mrs. Shiranthi Rajapakse, at her residency by UAE Ambassador in Sri Lanka Mahmoud Mohammed Al Mahmoud in the presence of Sri Lanka's Petroleum Minister A.H.M. Fowzie.
The Sri Lankan First Lady lauded the humanitarian initiatives launched by the UAE for assisting the people of Sri
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![]() RCA to bolster humanitarian partnership with Qatar Red Crescent
Posted on 28/11/2008
The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and the Qatar Red Crescent Society discussed yesterday, ways for bolstering humanitarian partnership and coordination of relief operations in various parts of the world they work together on ground.
Deputy Chairman of Qatar RCS Dr. Mohammed Ghanim Al Ma'dheed paid a visit to the RCA headquarters in Abu Dhabi. He was received by Secretary General of RCA Ahmed Yusuf Al Suweidi, Director of Resources Development Saleem Hamad Al Junaibi and Director of
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 KBZCF continues relief operations in Baluchistan
Posted on 28/11/2008
Islamabad - 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, the Khalifa Bin Zayed Charity Foundation (KBZCF) continued its humanitarian operations in Baluchistan province, which was hit by an earthquake recently.
Under the instructions of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs and
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 UAE voices concerns over non-delivery of its aid to Palestinians
Posted on 26/11/2008
The United Arab Emirates yesterday condemned Israel's continuous policy of siege and closure in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as the main cause behind the unprecedented deterioration in the humanitarian economic and social situation in Palestine.
The UAE voiced grave concern over obstacles set by Israel in the way of delivery of its humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians.
'This policy has contributed to aggravating deprivation and stalling the ongoing political process between the
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 Hamdan bin Zayed launches the United Nations 2009 Humanitarian Appeal
Posted on 25/11/2008
H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister announced yesterday evening the launch of the United Nations 2009 Humanitarian Appeal from Abu Dhabi.
Sheikh Hamdan reaffirmed the commitment of United Arab Emirates to the global humanitarian principles and its continued support to the afflicted and hard hit as well as the needy people in the entire world.
Making the announcement of the launch of the uniform UN appeal for 2009 for the first time in the region, Sheikh Hamdan said he
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