The International Humanitarian City (IHC), a Dubai-based global humanitarian logistics hub and the United Nation’s largest supply depot for emergency aid in crises like the Horn of Africa famine, under the direction of its Chairperson HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ant?nio Guterres and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie presented the founder of Yemen’s Society for Humanitarian Solidarity with the 2011 Nansen Refugee Award at a ceremony on Monday evening in Geneva. The prize – the refugee world’s highest honour – was awarded to the founder and the 290 staff of

On the occasion of World Humanitarian Day 2011, the United Nations IRIN News Service/OCHA, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in association with the International Humanitarian City in Dubai (IHC) held a briefing session for the media with special emphasis on the humanitarian situation in

Under the patronage of UN Messenger of Peace and Chairperson of the International Humanitarian City, HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the “Walk the World” event aims to raise awareness & funds for global hunger,

Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference and Exhibition (DIHAD) 2011 was inaugurated by UN Messenger of Peace and Chairperson of the International Humanitarian City HRH Princess Haya Bint Al

U.N. agencies continue to send humanitarian aid to those affected by the conflict in North Africa – Libya, Egypt and Tunisia – from their emergency response depots based at the International Humanitarian City (IHC), Dubai,. On March 21, the UN refugee agency UNHCR will send a flight with relief items to Alexandria, Egypt. The relief

The International Humanitarian City based United Nations Agencies’™ representatives appealed today to the donor community in the country and in the Gulf to support the UN’s regional response to the humanitarian situation for populations affected by the political turmoil that swept through North Africa. Directors from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the UN