David Paisley, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program, expressed his appreciation to the United Arab Emirates for its assistance in providing health and humanitarian supplies to countries affected by the "Covid 19" pandemic.
Paisley - who was receiving a UAE cargo plane upon its arrival at Accra Airport in Ghana - thanked His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, for allocating aircraft to the government of the Emirates for the transportation of supplies and medical supplies to workers in the lines Front line to combat the emerging Corona virus in the African continent, through a video clip on his account on Twitter.
He stressed that the arrival of the cargo plane reflects the generosity and generosity of the leadership and people of the Emirates, noting that this new bridge reflects constructive joint cooperation, especially in light of this crisis.
In cooperation with the United Nations World Food Program, the UAE has launched an international air bridge to provide health and humanitarian supplies that are the lifeblood of the fragile societies suffering from the "Covid-19" pandemic throughout the world. This bridge operates periodically between the UAE and major sites throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, to provide medical supplies and equipment, and thousands of tons of vital goods to meet the needs of fragile societies, and front row workers in more than 100 countries in the world, during the coming months to End of the current year.
The air bridge of the Emirates and the World Food Program make a major contribution to the United Nations Global Humanitarian Response Plan to combat the pandemic.