Oman takes part in World Humanitarian Summit in Turkey

Istanbul: Assigned by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah participated in the meetings of the World Humanitarian Summit, yesterday.
Some 70 presidents and their representatives and a number of international organisations are taking part in the summit. The summit aims to set a new strategy for humanitarian work in light of the increasing catastrophes and crisis witnessed worldwide.
The summit also aims to set effective policies for the emergency cases and a report would be submitted by the UN Secretary General to the General Assembly on the conclusion of the summit.
Seven round-table meetings and 15 sessions would be held besides 120 activities on the sidelines of the meetings.
On the opening day of the summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave a speech presenting five proposals to get rid of the humanitarian crisis the world suffers from.
Oman is participating by a delegation comprising representatives from the Ministry of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Social Development, the NHRC and the Foreign Ministry.