(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM)) Hazza Mohammed Falah Al Qahtani, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of International Cooperation and Development, MICAD, has said that the Syrian refugees issue is representing a challenge and a concern to humanitarian organsiations and has called on the international community to enhance responsiveness and address its repercussions, especially its impact on a large segment of the Syrian people.
He added, "This calls for the concerted international efforts and activation of intervention mechanisms, as well as common international efforts, praising the active and supportive role of UNHCR for Syrian refugees.
Al Qahtani gave his remarks while meeting with UNHCR's Middle East and North Africa Director and Regional Refugee Coordinator for Syria and Iraq, Amin Awad and his accompanying delegation on the sidelines of MICAD's participation in the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference and Exhibition, DIHAD 2015.
He also added that the UAE, under its prudent leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has become one of the top countries which supports refugees' issues through the UAE's humanitarian and donor organsiations, and proves the country's commitment in this regard.
He also drew attention to the growing challenges facing the Middle East, as the region is experiencing a surge in immigration and mass displacement of a number of populations of those countries, as well as the growing rates of refugees as a result of the accelerating political tensions, stressing the need to launch initiatives in this concern.
Al-Qahtani reviewed the UAE's efforts in the field of supporting refugees' issues globally, particularly the Syrian refugees issue. He also tackled the mechanisms and joint cooperation channels between the UAE and UNHCR in the light of signed agreements as represented by the UAE's US$5 million donations for Syria as part of the country's second pledge during the International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria in Kuwait, in 2014.
Sultan Mohammed Al Shamsi, MICAD Assistant Under-Secretary, attended the meeting.
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