Kuwait and ICRC hold fourth high-level strategic dialogue to reinforce humanitarian partnership
H.E. Ambassador Khalid AlMaghamis, chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society:
“Since its establishment in 1966, the Kuwait Red Crescent Society has worked in close partnership with the ICRC as part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, advancing humanitarian action and ensuring that aid reaches those most in need, including in forgotten crises.
The USD 2 million agreement signed today between the Kuwait Red Crescent Society and the International Committee of the Red Cross, reflects Kuwait’s enduring solidarity with the Sudanese people and its commitment to strengthening resilience in the face of ongoing humanitarian challenges.”
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening the link between humanitarian action and sustainable development, supporting the ICRC through a USD 2.5 million grant agreement signed during the High-Level Strategic Dialogue to fund a project in the Federal Republic of Somalia, stating:
“The project aims to enhance access to essential services by supporting both the construction of new infrastructure and the rehabilitation of existing facilities. It also seeks to address critical gaps in healthcare delivery and access to safe water, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable and hard-to-reach regions of the country.
This grant is the second contribution of its kind between the Kuwait Fund and the ICRC in the field of humanitarian support. The first grant was signed in 2021, in support of bolstering the resilience of essential services for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, amounting to USD 3.5 million.”
The event included bilateral meetings between the ICRC leadership and His Highness the Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait, as well as senior Kuwaiti officials, including the minister of justice, the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, and the Kuwait Red Crescent Society, followed by an evening session at the Saud Al-Nasser Al-Sabah Kuwait Diplomatic Institute attended by the diplomatic corps and international organizations.
Note to Editors:
The ICRC–Kuwait High-Level Strategic Dialogue (HLSD) is an annual policy platform launched in 2017 to align humanitarian and development priorities between the ICRC and the State of Kuwait. It serves as a model of effective, principled partnership that combines Kuwait’s global humanitarian diplomacy with the ICRC’s operational expertise worldwide.
About the ICRC
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a neutral, impartial and independent organization with an exclusively humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the world affected by armed conflict and other violence, doing everything it can to protect their lives and dignity and to relieve their suffering, often alongside its Red Cross and Red Crescent partners.
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