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UNHCR officials lauds Kuwaiti role in helping refugees |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 23:13 |
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KUWAIT, March 15 (KUNA) -- Head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) officer here Wahid bin Omar lauded on Monday the Kuwaiti role in helping refugees worldwide
saying these humanitarian effort reflected Kuwait's belief in aiding those suffering.
This came at the opening of a two-day workshop aimed at developing the skills of aid workers, stated the official, adding the event would aim at promoting the principles of international protection, and international agreements of political asylum, and to highlight the UNHCR's role in the protection of refugees.
Meanwhile, GCC states representative at the UNHCR Hamdi Bukhari lauded the continuous cooperation between the GCC and the UNHCR in helping refugees.
Resident representative of the UN in Kuwait Saleh Brujini said that the UNHCR had been doing its part to support the needy worldwide since it was established in 1950, affirming that through the contribution of states like Kuwait the commission had been further developing to reach places it did not reach before. - Kuna
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