PARIS / WAM Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Vice President of International Publishers Association (IPA) and Head of Advisory Committee of Sharjah World Book Capital (SWBC), said the prestigious Unesco title is a global acknowledgement of Sharjah’s longstanding cultural achievements. It is also a reward for pursuing an approach of knowledge-based human development in Sharjah through the use of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM From its inception in 1971 until December 2018, the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), financed 108 water sector projects in 56 countries with a total value of AED8 billion. The Fund’s interest in water and electricity projects reflects its keenness to support international efforts aimed at achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, directly contributing to ...

Geneva / WAM The UAE has reiterated the critical role global parties can play by engaging in promoting values of tolerance. During a session entitled, ‘Celebration of diversity: beyond tolerance, the path towards empathy’, Obaid Salem Al Zaabi, UAE Permanent Representative to the UN and Other International Organisations in Geneva, stressed the importance of the role international bodies and governments ...