King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed a cooperation program with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) yesterday in New York City. The Center was represented by the Advisor at the Royal Court, the Supervisor General of the Center, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, and from the UNDP, the Director of the Program, Achim Steiner, on the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.

The program aims to exchange information, enhance the sharing of experiences and knowledge between the two sides, build capacities, research, and initiatives in the areas of sustainable livelihoods, peace-building efforts, crisis prevention, and recovery, achieving post-crisis stability, and linking development efforts, humanitarian work and peace.

Dr. Al-Rabeeah stressed that this program comes within the framework of the Kingdom’s keenness, represented by the Center, to harness its capabilities to serve humanitarian issues, as well as to cooperate with the UN, its agencies and organizations, and the international community, in a way that contributes to promoting global humanitarian and relief efforts.

Source: Saudi Press Agency