In a recent interview with Al-Sharq newspaper, His Excellency the UN Secretary General's Humanitarian Envoy Dr Ahmed Al Muraikhi highlighted that Qatar has supported UN organizations with $500mn in 2018.

He added that new UN offices will soon open in Doha.

He said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has praised Qatar's efforts to support UN organizations, especially United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

HE Dr Al Muraikhi underlined that Qatar has provided generous support to UNRWA and is trying to find creative and innovative ways to support the organization, such as Zakat funds.

UN Secretary General's humanitarian envoy Dr Ahmed Al-Muraikhi said that the State of Qatar provided support to the financing of United Nations organisations in the amount of $500 million, pointed out that Doha will open new UN offices soon. #QNA pic.twitter.com/ifF9oe347i

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The disbursement of funds through UN organizations is safe as it prevents misuse of the money for illegal activities, such as terrorism and money laundering, he pointed out, noting that the United Nations has advanced monitoring bodies.

Talking about the efforts he made over the past three years as an envoy of the UN Secretary-General, he highlighted the inauguration of Global Humanitarian Action Executive Alliance (GHAEA), which aims at uniting businesses with UN organizations and training a group of Qatari youth to graduate as leaders for humanitarian action. This is in addition to the signing of a partnership between the private sector in Qatar and the United Nations organizations to implement the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) to benefit the private sector.

A meeting between Qatar Chamber of Commerce and representatives of the UN Charter was also held.

He underlined that GHAEA aims to unify the business world with the UN organizations to face major global humanitarian challenges with a focus on bridging the humanitarian and development gap through partnership, exchange of market knowledge across sectors, advocacy and technical assistance.

"More than $21.9bn is needed to provide life-saving assistance to more than 131.7mn people affected by war and natural disasters," he said.

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Source: QNA