(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) NEW YORK, Nov 1 (KUNA) -- Kuwait asserts historic and unwavering stance towards supporting refugee issues and the Palestinian issue as its first foreign policy priorities.
During a speech, delivered by Kuwait Legal Advisor of the Permanent Delegation to UN Fudha Al-Duwaish, on Thursday before the UN General Assembly Third Committee, they discussed the report of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with issues relating to refugees, returnees, displaced persons and humanitarian issues.
Kuwait always supported the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for implementing educational and health programs, she said.
Al-Duwaish admired the UN for adopting the Global Compact on Refugees, which complements the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants as the first intergovernmental agreement, under the UN's auspices.
Kuwait, under the leadership of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, made great efforts to alleviate refugees' suffering, she noted.
Al-Duwaish said that this was done by establishing international conferences, with the aim of urging countries and major donors to fulfill their commitments, adding that as of 2018, Kuwait provided financial contributions estimated at USD 430 million to UNHCR.
There is a close collaboration between UNHCR and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) in supporting countries hosting Syrian refugees.
She pointed out that Kuwait hosted three international donor conferences to support the humanitarian situation in Syria during 2013, 2014 and 2015, contributing actively to other conferences held in London and Brussels, where the total pledged in all those conferences amounted to USD 1.9 billion.
Kuwait, in partnership with the EU and UNHCR, chaired an international donor conference to support the requirements of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh, during which it provided 15 million dollars.
Al-Duwaish called on the international community and international organizations to abide by the principles of the UN Charter, International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law to protect refugees. (end)
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