Section: WAM (United Arab Emirates)
Mohamed bin Zayed receives Ukrainian President
ABU DHABI, 24th February, 2015 (WAM) — His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Tuesday received President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine, on the margins of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX). …read more Source:...
Mohammed bin Rashid receives Ukrainian President
ABU DHABI, 24th February, 2015 (WAM) — Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, today received Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian President, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre, ADNEC, on the sidelines of IDEX 2015. …read more Source:...
UN Security Council endorses Minsk ceasefire and calls on parties to fully implement truce
NEW YORK, 18th February, 2015 (WAM) — The United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution endorsing the 13-point accord on ending the Ukraine crisis agreed in Minsk, including a cease-fire, and called on all parties to the conflict to fully implement that cessation of hostilities, as the UN human rights office expressed concern...
Abdullah bin Zayed participates in Munich Security Conference
MUNICH, 7th February, 2015 (WAM) — UAE Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan attended on Thursday the Munich Security Conference which discusses latest counter-terrorism developments, especially the efforts against Dae’sh terrorist group, Ukraine crisis and other security issues in the Middle East. …read more...
UN refugee agency says ‘over a million’ may already be displaced by eastern Ukraine violence
GENEVA, 6th February 2015 (WAM) — Nearly one million people may have now been displaced by the conflict in eastern Ukraine, with the recent upsurge in violence causing massive destruction of buildings and infrastructure, the collapse of basic services and a spike in the numbers fleeing fighting, the United Nations refugee agency reported...
Fighting in Ukraine could escalate into an all-out war. : paper
ABU DHABI, 23rd January, 2015 (WAM)— Kiev must regain control of its borders and any solution must be facilitated by Moscow, a local newspaper opined, saying that only Russian President Vladimir Putin can solve the problem. It warned that as the ceasefire agreed upon in Minsk has disintegrated, and with winter on its way out, there is a...
UN kicks-off campaign to reach displaced persons with humanitarian aid in Ukraine
NEW YORK, 1st January, 2015 (WAM) — Amid continuing fighting and a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Ukraine, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced it is launching an initiative aimed at ferrying aid to the country’s internally displaced persons (IDPs), as well as other vulnerable citizens trapped by the...
UN reports potential for gradual return to global growth, foresees risks, uncertainties
Vienna, 11th December, 2014 (WAM) — Global economic growth is forecast to continue increasing over the next two years, the United Nations reported today, despite legacies from the financial crisis continuing to weigh on growth, and the emergence of new challenges, including geopolitical conflicts such as in Ukraine, and the Ebola outbreak...
International Red Cross Red Cross seeks record budget of US$1.6b as aid needs soar
GENEVA, 27th November 2014 (WAM) — The Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has asked donors for a record US$1.68 billion to cover its humanitarian activities next year, amid soaring needs for aid in conflict-hit countries like Syria, Iraq and Ukraine in 2015 to help millions of people whose lives have been torn...
UAE delegation at ITU Plenipotentiary Conference holds bilateral meetings with a number of international delegations
BUSAN, South Korea, 26th October, 2014 (WAM) –The U.A.E. official delegation at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference today held a series of bilateral meetings with members of delegations from the U.K., Ukraine, Kenya, and Singapore, to garner support for the U.A.E.’s bid to win membership of the ITU Council for the third time, and...
