The UAE announced its contribution of $ 5 million to the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), for the year 2020, during the Fund's annual high-level conference to announce pledges. This came in the Emirates statement of the conference, delivered by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations, Saud Al Shamsi, through which he expressed the UAE's commitment to the fund, which is characterized by its speed, flexibility, and humanitarian dimensions to respond to relief and emergency operations, welcoming the Fund's wise initiatives in granting funding Proactive rescue operations before anticipated disasters occur. Saud Al Shamsi said in the statement: “The UAE has raised the ceiling of its contributions in recent years, because the fund has a unique history in the service of the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence.” He pointed out that “the fund allows us, as a donor country, to reach the largest possible number of Countries, in a fast, effective and accountable manner, and without the fund we would not have been able to do that. ”Al Shamsi stressed in the statement the importance of taking into account the relief fund for all age groups, and avoiding the marginalization of women or people with disabilities in relief operations, calling for the development of accountability and scrutiny tools that enable donors Like the Emirates, from the He stressed that relief aid reaches the best picture of those in need.