The Coordinating Council to follow up the joint financial contribution being provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to support and fund the United Nations Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) for 2018 held its 2nd meeting at the headquarters of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) here yesterday. Participants in the meeting included KSrelief Assistant Supervisor General for Operations and Programs Ahmed Al-Beez; Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Development for Development Affairs in the United Arab Emirates Sultan bin Mohammed Al Shamsi; World Food Program (WFP) Representative and Country Director in Yemen Stephen Anderson; Director of WFP Office for GCC Mr. Abdul Majid Al-Yahiya; Representative of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Regional Foreign Affairs Relationships Chief Ahmed Mohsen; Representative for UN Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) at KSrelief, Jayne Mbakaya and WFP Representative Izumi Conway. Moreover, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, Liz Grande; WHO representative in Yemen Dr. Nuevo Zaghari and Representatives from UN agencies have also participated in the meeting via remote-communication. The meeting discussed the developments of the United Nations Humanitarian Response Plan in Yemen in 2018. --More 15:57 LOCAL TIME 12:57 GMT 0015 www.spa.gov.sa/1810707
