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UN hails Kuwait’s humanitarianaid for displaced Iraqis in Mosul

KRCS keen to provide aid to Syrians in AleppoIRBIL, Dec 21, (KUNA): International Organi-zation for Migration in Iraq (IOM) hailed Ku-wait’s humanitarian aid for displaced Iraqis af-fected by the ongoing military operations in Mosul.

Kuwait has donated USD four million for the organiza-tion, IOM said in a statement on Wednesday.

About 106,692 Iraqis have fl ed their homes since the launch of the operations on October 17 this year, said IOM, adding that they were in urgent need of aid espe-cially in such cold weather.

Meanwhile, recent statistics re-leased by the Iraqi Ministry of Dis-placement and Migration showed that the number of displaced Iraqis in Mosul exceeded 120, 000.

On its part, UN High Commis-sioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in a statement welcomed the Kuwaiti contribution that allowed the UN body to continue delivering aid to a wider range of Iraqis.

Kuwait has donated USD 30 million for different UN organiza-tions, aiming to aid people in need.

Since the beginning of the opera-tions, Kuwait has been delivering food for liberated towns, while also building two hospitals for emer-gency cases in refugee camps in the area.

Meanwhile, Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Suleiman Al-Jarallah chaired on Wednesday a meeting for national departments involved in sessions of the Ku-waiti-Iraqi Commission.

The meeting aimed at discussing

Money will use to construct power station in Adzope

OIC condemns killings in Turkey, Germany

KFAED offers Cote d’lvoire $23.8 mln loan

RIYADH, Dec 21: The Organization of Is-lamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned in the strongest terms the heinous assassination of Ambassador Andrey Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey on Monday, Dec 19, 2016.

The Secretary General of the OIC, Dr Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen expressed his shock over the senseless act of terror and of-fered his deepest condolences to the family of Ambassador Karlov and to the Govern-ment of Russia.

The Secretary General reiterated the prin-cipled position of the OIC against all forms

of terrorism. Pointing to the serious threat posed by terrorism and violent extremism to international peace and security, Dr Al-Othaimeen, reaffi rmed his call for interna-tional solidarity in the fi ght against this twin scourge.

Meanwhile, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen has strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack that targeted a market in Berlin, Federal Repub-lic of Germany, on Monday, Dec 19, 2016, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens of others.

preparations for the commission’s scheduled sixth session, on Decem-ber 27-28.

The joint committee is headed by the First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his Iraqi counterpart, Ibrahim Al-Jaafari.

In another report, Kuwait’s Red Crescent Society (KRCS) said on Wednesday that it is keen on pro-viding timely aid to Syrians in the war-torn city of Aleppo, through col-

laborative efforts by Gulf Red Cres-cent societies. “The humanitarian crisis in Aleppo has turned the city’s streets into a warzone, its buildings into rubble and displaced or killed its people,” KRCS Chairman Dr Hilal Al-Sayer said in a speech during an urgent meeting.

Moreover, he spoke of how Alep-po has borne the brunt of destruction induced by the war in Syria, noting that the city’s infrastructure has been obliterated, adding that millions of displaced people have been trapped

in the violence.Al-Sayer also underscored the

need “not to waste any further time”, scolding the international commu-nity for its failure to act on unabated bloodshed in the Syrian city, noting that Kuwait has spared no effort to deliver humanitarian aid to Syrians since the war broke out more than fi ve years ago.

Meanwhile, Director of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) Gen-eral Secretariat’s Humanitarian and Environmental Department Dr. Adel Al-Zayani said the events in Aleppo are “horrifying”, noting that the meeting has been called at KRCS’s behest.

He also commended KRCS’s recent partnership with its Qatari counterpart in an endeavor that aims to mitigate the misery of displaced Syrians living in worsening humani-tarian conditions.

The urgent meeting, presided over by the GCC General Secretariat, fea-tured discussions of plans to initiate a humanitarian project that aims to distribute much needed aid to dis-placed Syrians.

A student learning falconry in Abu Dhabi’s new school.

First school in world for training falconry

Mohammed Bin Zayed Falconry &Desert Physiognomy school opensABU DHABI, Dec 21: Telal Remah Resort in Al Ain celebrated the offi cial opening of the Mohammed Bin Zayed Falconry and Desert Physiognomy School, on Sunday, 17th of December. It is the fi rst school in the world which specializes in training stu-dents on the fundamentals of Arabian fal-conry and its ethics, rules and arts, which are closely connected to environment pro-tection and knowing basic principles of liv-ing and adapting to the desert life.

Since HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in the Western Region and President of Emirates Falconers’ Club, announced the launch of Mohammed Bin Zayed Falconry and Desert Physiognomy School in 2014, its primary goal has been to raise awareness on the value of falconry as original heritage and mutual human art. This dream has become a reality in a record time, with the witness-ing today of the registration of its inaugural class.

H.E. Majed Ali Al-Mansouri, CEO of Emirates Falconers’ Club, who attended the reception of the inaugural class and their parents, expressed his happiness and pride of the achievement. H.E. said: “It is truly a historic event to be recorded and it adds to the achievements of UAE, that become a book of pride taught everywhere. We feel proud to be part of and to open a school of such unique and special features, the fi rst of its kind in the world. This achievement is an extension of what the UAE has been giving to the world. This school will be a world educational hub for all heritages in the near future.”

It was a challenge to complete in a short period of time, building the school and designing the curriculum, which will be taught to fi t the goals for which the school was established. Such goals include estab-lishing the correct principles of Arabian fal-conry from the beginning, educating about the unique qualities of Arabian falconry in the United Arab Emirates, the Arabian Peninsula and the Arab World on both a national and international level. It promotes

sustainable traditions of Arabian falconry and presents them in a fun and accessible way for our children to learn and cherish these noble and honored heritages.

On choosing December to open the school, H.E. Al-Mansouri said: “It is a spe-cial month for us as we celebrate national events; the month in which the UAE was found and became a proud monument.”

The fi rst academic day in the school was divided between theoretical lectures in closed classes and practical classes in the open sands of Al-Hadheerah. The day wit-nessed active interaction between trainees and trainers, which were carefully chosen for their experience and quality of train-ing to teach the principles and basics of falconry and correct practices of Arabian falconry. As well as the unique features of Arabian falconry in the UAE, the Arabian Peninsula, the Arab World nationally and internationally.

The school provides specialized train-ing programs on hunting with falcons and adapting to the desert life through a group of specialists and experts in the fi eld. The latest educational methods have been adopted and used to expand the number of people who wish to join the school and learn techniques of Arabian falconry from around the world.

The Mohammed Bin Zayed Falconry and Desert Physiognomy School also provides an array of active courses for falconers and specialists as well as various entertaining courses.

Butti Matar Bin Hawash Al-Khaili, the School’s Education Programs Manager, said of the pioneer students: “Ever since we announced the opening of registration dur-ing Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition last October, we re-ceived over 200 male and female applicants of various nationalities. Someday they will proudly walk before their sons and grand-sons as the fi rst graduates and the fi rst gen-eration to have participated in establishing and writing a history talked about around the world.”

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 21, (KUNA): Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) and the Ivoirian government signed an agreement by virtue of which the fund will offer the West African country a soft loan of KD seven million (some $23.8 million) The loan will be used by Cote d’Ivoire electricity co. (CIE) to fi nance the construction of a power station in the southern city of Adzope, ac-

cording to a statement released by the Fund on Tuesday.

The document was inked by KFAED’s Deputy Director Gen-eral Ghanim Al-Ghaniman and Ivoirian Minister of Economy and Finance Adama Kone, the state-ment said. The loan falls in the framework of the implementation of the initiative announced by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dur-

ing the third Arab-African Summit in Kuwait in 2013 for backing the economic development in the Af-rican continent.

This is the fi fth soft loan offered by the Fund to Cote d’Ivore; it took to KD 26.23 million (nearly $88.8 million) the total value of loans to the friendly country in addition to technical assistance worth KD 250,000 (or $850,000), the statement added.

Part of the delivering aid to a wider range of Iraqis affected by the ongo-ing military operations in Mosul.