Dubai / WAM A very large majority of Dubai residents, nearly 94 percent, are fully or partially aware about various forms of human trafficking, and 79 percent are highly aware about the UAE’s laws to fight such crimes, a survey has revealed. The survey, conducted by the Dubai Police in co-operation with Addaera Research and Poll Centre, was aimed at …

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development celebrated the International Day of Braille by holding a series of events to raise awareness about the rights of the visually impaired and ways to communicate with them. One of the aims was to propagate the use of the Braille writing system to help impart education to the visually impaired. …

  Beirut / WAM The first phase of a UAE-funded aid campaign to help displaced Syrians in Lebanon in the winter of 2017 took off in the country’s southern city of Sidon. Supervised by the Humanitarian and Development Attache Office at the UAE Embassy in Beirut, the campaign titled “UAE Response to Displaced Syrians in Lebanon – Winter 2017” coincides with …