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Improving humanitarian response at heart of Riyadh humanitarian forum
"At the forum," Dr. Al Rabeeah added, "we will meet with leading humanitarian experts to discover ways to increase the impact of our work. We must find more innovative ways to effectively reach those in need."
Five main panel discussions, two media sessions and one volunteer event will be held over the two-day event, with nearly two thousand delegates in attendance. The sessions include: "The Humanitarian-Development Nexus", "Large-scale Migration Flows from Africa Across the Seas to the Gulf States and Europe in Humanitarian Settings", "Women, Children and People with Disabilities in Humanitarian Crisis and the Challenges of Humanitarian Action", "Evidence-based Professional Practice in Humanitarian Intervention", and "Health in Humanitarian Context - Focus on Communicable Diseases".
A number of high-level humanitarian experts will attend the 2 RIHF, including Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah , Supervisor General of KSrelief, David Beasley , Executive Director of WFP, and Mark Lowcock , Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. The event will also welcome Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , Director General of WHO, HE Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation, Filippo Grandi , the UNHCR High Commissioner for Refugees, and Henrietta Fore , the Director of UNICEF.
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