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With a growing community of dedicated facilities for humanitarian aid

organisations and suppliers, a safe and modern environment conducive

to business, and exciting recreational activities, Dubai is the ideal

meeting point in the Middle East.

• Direct access to the world’s most

severe crises

• Flourishing regional economies

allow for greater allocation of

funds for humanitarian aid

• Open discussion of critical

issues relating to the Middle

East

• A concentration of aid agencies

attracts a variety of suppliers

DIHAD 2005

Under the auspices of H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai

and Minister of Defence – UAE, sponsored by Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and

Charity Est., in cooperation with Dubai Aid City, and officially supported by the UAE Red Crescent, the

United Nations, and the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dubai hosted the International

Humanitarian Aid and Re-Development Conference and Exhibition for the second year in a row. Since

DIHAD was first launched in 2004, formidable progress has been made and is evident from the

overwhelming support from the local as well as international organisations. This year, the discussions

were focused on the challenges that humanitarian actors face and the new partnerships which are

formed to overcome these.

As the only event of its kind in the Middle East, DIHAD has been successful in addressing the needs of

various humanitarian actors. Rapidly becoming the humanitarian hub of the Middle East, Dubai’s safety,

geographical proximity to the most severe humanitarian crises in the world, efficient logistics and

specialized facilities for humanitarian aid agencies, enabling and supportive government, and access to

resources have been the main reasons why such a specialized event has succeeded. Additionally, as a

neutral and progressive event, DIHAD has created a unique space from which agencies can present

their work to the Arab world and at the same time seek resources, have a platform from which to voice

appeals, educate all stakeholders about best practices and act as a bridge between western and

eastern humanitarian ideologies.

We take this opportunity to thank everyone who was a part of DIHAD 2005 and look forward to

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Mr. Nadir Hadj-Hammou, Mr. Hussain Fahmi, His Highness Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum,H.E. Ibrahim Bumelha, Prof. Mario Baldassarri and Mr. Abdul Salam Al Madani

cutting the ribbon at the inauguration ceremony of the exhibition.

DIHAD 2005 - Challenges andNew Partnerships, April 5-7

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The opening ceremony was held on April 5th at the conference hall. H.H. Sheikh Hasher Bin Maktoum

Al Maktoum, Director General of the Department of Information represented the patron of DIHAD,

H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Minister of

Defence of the United Arab Emirates. H.E. Ibrahim Bumelha delivered an opening address where he

welcomed the guests. He stated that the vision and wise policies of the leaders of the UAE have led to

the emergence of the nation as a regional hub for economic activity, including humanitarian aid. He

expressed dismay at the destructive effects of war which continue to plague the world, a world which

is already challenged because of natural disasters. He stated that in this regard, the UAE is proud to

facilitate the work of humanitarian actors. He closed by thanking everyone who contributed to the

success of DIHAD.

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Left: H.E. Ibrahim Bumelha, Vice President of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Est.and Right: H.E Khalifa Nasser Al Suweidi, Chairman of the Board of Directors - UAE Red Crescent delivering theirmessages at the opening ceremony.

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H.E. Khalifa Nasser delivered the speech of

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for

Foreign Affairs and President of UAE Red

Cresent. He then continued to thank

H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al

Maktoum for his support of this important

initiative. He stressed the need for further

cooperation among the regional and

international humanitarian agencies and closed

by praising the success of DIHAD where

panelists, exhibitors, and delegates alike could

seek ways to better assist affected

communities.

Finally, Hussain Fahmi who is UNDP’s Goodwill Ambassador, as well as one of the most respected

Egyptian actors, closed the ceremony by thanking the local authorities and H.E. Bumelha. He continued

by discussing the needs of the Arab region, the diseases in Africa, as well as highlighting the fact that

there are over 20 million mines which have not been cleared in Egypt. Also, he mentioned that the UN

initiative of erradicating poverty needs to be further implemented in the region. He concluded by

stressing the importance of education, and also in the aftermath of the Asian Tsunami, women’s rights.

He thanked the UAE Red Crescent for its continued support in humanitarian affairs.

The VIPs and dignitaries then made their way to hall number seven where the exhibition was officially

opened when H.H. Sheikh Hasher Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum cut the ribbon. Immediately after, the

delegation entered the hall where they met with several exhibitors and toured their stands.

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Renowned Egyptian Actor and UNDP GoodwillAmbassador, Mr. Hussain Fahmi delivering his message atthe opening ceremony

After inaugurating the exhibition, H.H. Sheikh Hasher Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum toured the exhibition hall withthe delegation of dignitaries. On the left, he is speaking to Mr. Ehab Shanti, Communications Officer at UNDP’sProgramme of assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP) stand. At the center he is speaking to Dr. Rima Salah,Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF at the UNICEF stand. On the right, he is visiting the General Motors stand.

Congratulations onyet another successfulconference. I trust allyour sponsors, theChairman and

above all the CrownPrince are satisfied

and very appreciativeof the excellence ofthe event and its

organization.

Fredrick DubeeThe Global CompactExecutive Office of

the Secretary-Generalof the United Nations

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We would like to extend our thanks to the International Scientific Advisory Board for their continued

support in ensuring the success of DIHAD 2005. The newly-created International Scientific Advisory

Board was designed to allow direct input from the major stakeholders in the DIHAD conference. Made

up of eleven high-ranking officials from International NGOs, United Nations Agencies, and local charity

and government organisations, the diversity of the International Scientific Advisory Board has added

significant value to the development of the conference by ensuring representation from a wide spectrum

of sectors.

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DIHAD International Scientific Advisory Board

Walid Hareb - ChairmanDirector of Projects - JAFZA

Nadir Hadj-HammouVice-Chairman

Resident Representative - UNDP& Resident Coordinator - UN UAE

Amir AbdullaRegional Director

World Food Programme

Abdul Salam Al MadaniChairman of Organising Committee DIHAD

Mohammed Al ZaroniManager of Dubai Branch

UAE Red Crescent

Barbara CastekHead of Dubai Aid City

Peter HansenCommissioner General - UNRWA

Karim LaouabdiaDirector - Campaign for

Access to Essential MedicinesMedecins Sans Frontieres

Adeeb LootahGeneral Director

Mohammed Bin Rashid Al MaktoumHumanitarian and Charity Est.

Sultan LootahManager, Business Promotion Trade and

Industrial Development Dept.Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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Gerhard Putman-CramerDeputy Director

(Natural Disaster Policy) andChief Emergency Services Branch OCHA

Daniel TooleDirector Office of Emergency Programmes

- UNICEF

DIHAD 2005

The exhibition hosted over 120

suppliers of humantiarian goods and

services in a hall of over 2000

square metres. Over 2,500

professional trade visitors from

international NGOs, specialised

procurement agencies, UN

agencies, and local as well as

regional charity organisations

participated in DIHAD 2005. With

a strong presence at the exhibition

were General Motors, Chancel,

Dubai Aid City, Alpinter, Innovation

Norway, Aksa Generators, and H.H.

Sheikh Noor Ud Din and Sons. The NGOs which were present included UAE Red Crescent, Mohammed

Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humantiarian and Charity Est., Sharjah City for Humantiarian Services, HOPE

Worldwide, Medecins sans Frontieres, Human Appeal, Hope Peace and Joy – Iraq, Al Zubair Charity

Foundation - Sudan, Islamic Relief UK, and Charity Foundation for Special Diseases – Iran. Eight UN

agencies were also present: World Food Programme, World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNRWA,

UNESCO, UNDP UAE, UNDP-PAPP, and UNHCR.

By sponsoring the accommodation costs of procurement

officers, DIHAD was able to significantly increase their

attendance. The data which follows was collected from over

100 procurement officers who registered for this offer and

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Types of Goods Procured at DIHAD 2005

Food Goods 6.16%Medical Equipment 8.80%Drugs & Vaccines 5.57%Temporary Housing & Shelter 6.47%Water Purification Systems & Storage Tanks 5.28%Sanitation & Hygiene Equipment 6.45%Power Generators & Power Supply Equipment 6.74%Vehicles & Transportation 8.80%Logistics, Shipping & Freight Services 8.80%Telecommunications & Information Technology 9.09%Clothing 3.81%Construction Materials 3.23%Education Products such as Books, Stationary & Desks 4.69%Security Services 3.23%Others - less than 3% each (Solar Energy Systems & Products, Mine Detection & Clearance Equipment,Agricultural Equipment & Products such as Fertilizers, Engineering & Environmental Solutions,Public Safety & Fire Prevention Tools, Rescue Tools)

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The exhibitionproved very fruitfulfor Dubai Aid City

as a platform tointroduce the conceptto an internationalaudience.We couldestablish important

contacts and maintainvaluable existing

relationships with thehumanitariancommunity.

Barbara CastekHead

Dubai Aid City

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Procurement Officials’ BudgetsDIHAD 2005

Between 1-10m USD - 51%Between 10 - 100m USD - 29%More than 100m USD - 5%Under 100,000 USD - 4%Between 100,000 and 500,000 USD - 4%Between 500,000 and 1m USD - 7%

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I would like to thankyou for your hospitalityduring the event. It wasvery useful and I had

the opportunity to meetold as well as new

potential WFPsuppliers.

Roberto MarchettiHead

Procurement UnitWFP ETHIOPIA

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Best Stand & Best Display Awards

For the first time, the organising committee of DIHAD got together and evaluated the exhibition stands.

The result landed Dubai Aid City with the ‘Best Stand of the Year Award’ for DIHAD 2005. Ms. Barbara

Castek, head of Dubai Aid City was presented an award at the Gala dinner. A close second place was

awarded to Dr. Adel Gawish from Chancel International. Third place was won by H.H. Sheikh Noor Ud

Din and Sons. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Est. was awarded

the ‘Best Display’ for their photography display which was presented in the main concourse of the

exhibition hall.

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H.H. Sheikh Noor Ud Din & SonsMohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Humanitarian and Charity Est.

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UNDP Goodwill Ambassador,Hussain Fahmi at DIHAD 2005

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Fahmi has been at the forefront of Arab cinema and has also served as goodwill Ambassador for UNDP

for the past 6 years. The presence of Mr. Hussain Fahmi at DIHAD attracted a significant portion of

the public at large who, because of his leadership, are now aware of some of the serious challenges

which humanity is facing around the world. Attending several press conferences, meeting with

exhibitors and panelists alike, as well as visiting several centres where UNDP is active in the UAE, Mr.

Fahmi’s presence at DIHAD was immensely successful. We look forward to continuously incorporating

the example which he set, in future events.

Mr. Fahmi after the opening ceremony.Mr. Fahmi receiving an award at the Gala

Dinner.

Mr. Fahmi at the press conference. Mr. Fahmi with fans.

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Hani ObeidDirector -

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Conference Highlights

Hany El Banna – President of Islamic Relief UK

“Islamic NGOs are facing major problems and are being hampered, restricted,

isolated, and then closed down. The problem is in misconceptions, trust,

misunderstanding, and stereotyping. Some of the reasons for this are the

various restrictive government regulations which are counter-productive,

international pressures, and the mistaken link between Islam and

terrorism…Also there are some problems with the Muslim NGOs as well.

Sometimes we are very weak in monitoring and auditing, building our own

capacity, communicating with international NGOs and bodies like the UN and the European Union, and

misrepresent the Dawa of Islam by mixing it with other humanitarian work. At the end of the day

beneficiaries, communities, donors, governments and NGOs will suffer….By allowing, regulating and

monitoring Muslim NGOs we will be able to improve this situation. This can be done by changing the

culture, forging real partnerships with the UN and other NGOs, building bridges, capacity building, good

governance and education.”

Charity has to be a subject taught to the children in the schools from the infancy to the university, so

that in the future we have a generation who believes in charity and therefore in humanity.”

Abdul Rahman Abu Dhom – Undersecretary, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs - Sudan

“I’d like to stress this very important UN General Assembly resolution number 46-

182 from 1992, which gives the affected state the right of ownership,

leadership, and initiative on the one hand and gives the partners the right of

cooperation to assist in responding to the crisis on the other, plus the other

protocols and agreements which were made by the government and the arms

holders.”

Wrong signals given by the newspapers, the dignitaries, and media people. Last year 160 media

organisations came to Darfur who made reports built on their own visions, not realizing the problems

which result from these wrong signals giving the arms holders the feeling that they are right, while they

should have been told that they are wrong and their hands should have been kept away from hurting

other civilians. Those affected include even the UN workers and the NGOs, none ever was ever caused

by the government nor by people living in government controlled areas, it was all done by those holding

arms.”

Darfur has not been forgotten… If you consider that for the past 20 years or more, state secretaries

of America or of the UK have not visited the Sudan, even the Secretary General of the UN has not

visited the Sudan except during this crisis. We are thankful that they did, we are thankful for their

humanitarian concern, but we believe that the way the issue has been tackled has missed the root

causes which need to be addressed in a lecture of its own.”

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The western people want us to respond to them on their wavelengths, while we have repeatedly asked

them to bend to our wavelengths so that when we communicate to you, we communicate on the same

wavelengths and you understand us and we will be able to respond to your needs. The international

community, starting with the UN itself has a number of slogans which we did not bring from our homes.

These slogans talk about accountability, transparency, partnership, capacity building, funding the CBOs.

Nobody ever, and I say this loud and clear, be it an NGO or a UN agency has ever stood on its feet to

fulfill these slogans.”

Ibrahim Abdul Halim – Secretary General, Al Zubair Charity Foundation

“One of the problems that we encountered was the misunderstanding of the

language by international NGOs. Many words used are interpreted wrongly. For

example the word ‘irtisak’ which was commonly used by the international media.

Some of them were using the word to mean taking the belongings of people by

force, while others translated it as rape. The local community and NGOs knew

the meaning but the international NGOs did not. Another one of the lessons that

we learned is that tribes have their own traditional laws and ways in which they

resolve their conflicts. Now this problem is being solved by another mechanism from international

NGOs and we have learned that these international NGOs cannot solve the problem.”

Mohammed Anis Salem – Director of Communications MENA, UNICEF

“We have national NGOs with us from the beginning and we include them in

assessing the capacity for response. I agree that very often they are the fastest

and most cost effective, but sometimes this is not the case, they do not have the

capacity, they do not have access and neutrality of international NGOs. In

Palestine, the Israeli checkpoints will only allow international NGOs to pass by. So

let us take this issue comprehensively and not think only about Darfur.

Sometimes the only mechanism is the international one. When you have a UN

appeal and not a single Arab state is contributing, the Arab world has to debate this. If this is a

conscious decision, then fine, let them come out and say this. But this is not the case. Many times

when we have gone to the Arab governments and to the Secretary General of the Arab League, he was

surprised to hear this. A couple of weeks ago, I was at the Islamic Development Bank, and they were

surprised to hear this.”

Another thing that the Arab world needs to debate is how do you coordinate humanitarian relief

operations in this region. You cannot continue to send anything in a military airplane and say that this

is humanitarian relief. You have to move to an era of more professional and coordinated work…The

Arab Summit resolution from last week invites Arab NGOs to contribute to a debate on how we are

coordinating humanitarian relief in this region. You cannot continue to meet for the first time when you

reach Darfur, its too late… There are working groups for water, education, health, and these groups

think, work, and implement together.”

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Arjun Katoch – Chief Field Coordination Support Section, Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

OCHA and Secretary of INSARAG

“Private sector entities internationally are relatively new in this field. For example,

the World Economic Forum formed the Disaster Response Network which

started this trend in an organised fashion two or three years back…My message

to private sector companies is that there are existing coordinating mechanisms

out there and you have to plug into them. We do not want people coming into a

disaster who are setting up their own little hubs and causing confusion to the

entire system. Private sector response is very welcome but it must come as part

of a system. They should also consider being part of their government’s response, and the best example

of that is NOREPS…Here the government offers assets to affected areas and through NOREPS, they

secure the goods and services. This way Norwegian companies go under the umbrella of the

government.”

Peter Rees – Head of the Operations Support Department - International Federation of the Red Cross

and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC

“We recorded 279 large emergencies last year alone. Out of these 279, we only

required to launch 27 international appeals for assistance. This is because the

capacity of our national societies, which is the key, to respond by themselves is

to us the indicator of success. It is important not just to focus on the

international tools…Just to give you an idea of the capacity of what I am talking

about, the Iranian Red Crescent is auxiliary to the public authorities and has full

responsibility for the coordination and response of natural disasters. They have

2 million volunteers of which 70,000 are trained in disaster management. They have 6,800 staff, they

have relief supplies available for 1.3 million people and in addition to that they are preparing for a further

half a million just in the case of the anticipated earthquake in the capital, Tehran…We have become

rather static and old fashioned in our international response that has been so dependant on Western

Europe, the North to the South idea, and why should I have to do that when I have such huge capacity

in the region. So my talk which includes the importance of Dubai is how can we have stronger regional

solutions that can often be culturally more appropriate, faster and cheaper.”

I have been having discussions with the UAE Red Crescent and Aid City about how to significantly boost

the potential support not only regionally but globally out of Dubai, because we have been very impressed

by the efficiency from Dubai of the ability to deliver air freight and sea freight. Just recently goods from

here went to the Maldives, Nairobi, Colombo and Indonesia, so we see this as a major potential to

increase capacity in Dubai, and I think it has been a lost opportunity in the past.”

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Richard Allan – Director, MENTOR Initiative

“With insecticide treated plastic sheeting on the roof and on the walls, we have

seen the largest reduction with any malaria control tool to date. This approach

is being used in Darfur, Liberia and the Tsunami affected areas. So far in every

test we have applied it to, it is safe to the people living inside it as it does not

collect in the soil, it does not collect in the people, and it does not collect in food

when being wrapped in it.”

Together with the French Space Agency we have been developing a system which looks like a post box

in the middle of the forest, thousands of miles from the ministry of health. We train people to send

messages through this satellite post box so when they send the messages, they are seen immediately

by the ministry of health or in the MENTOR office. They run on a military battery for two years, do not

require language because it is based on pictures, which are then sent to a website, where they are

automatically analyzed and made available back on that website. Thus providing remote data within

minutes across thousands of miles.”

Karim Laouabdia - Director, Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines - MSF

“MSF distributes over 1 million ACT treatment per year and more than 90% of

them are confirmed by a lab test. Where are we today in terms of ACT’s? The

shortages of treatments have become a reality. Novartis has announced that

they are only able to supply half of 60 million Co-artem treatments forecasted by

WHO in 2005. There has been no pre-purchase done, low Global Fund

disbursements with no alternative funding, and there continue to be acute

shortages. We recommend to prime the pump and money has to be made

available to send a clear signal to the producers of raw materials before November. Then

manufacturers can increase their production so as to meet the demand for 2006. We have a crisis

for 2005, we will not have enough treatments. WHO has to pre-qualify as many suppliers as possible,

we must help the countries pool their resources as well as helping to implement new protocols: training

medical and lab staff.”

Kingsley Moghalu – Head of Global Partnerships, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and

Malaria

“ I represent the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. These three diseases kill 6 million

people every year. That’s far more than any weapon of mass destruction and far more than the

Tsunami. In fact, the death toll from HIV/Aids and Malaria, individually is roughly the equivalent of one

tsunami every week…The fund has been able to mobilize about 6 billion dollars so far, and we have

programmes worth about 3 billion dollars in 130 countries…If you look at the problem of HIV/Aids,

Malaria and Tuberculosis 6 billion dollars is nothing. For HIV/Aids alone, UNAIDS estimates that we

must reach expenditure of about 20 billion dollars every year by 2007 if we are to make a serious

impact on this disease.”

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“We hope that rapid and predictable supply of these medicines will be established

by 2006 at the latest. Largley because of the assurances that The Global Fund

has made and the 200 million dollars it has kept aside. This is one of the main

motivating factors that has led Novartis to begin to try produce more medicines.

If that financial commitment would not be there, we would not even be talking

about large scale production of ACT’s. In five years, The Global Fund should be

able to finance more than 100 million insecticide treated bednets and more than

145 million causes of treatment for ACT.

“One very good example of a major success in the fight against malaria is in the Lubombo area which

is part of Swaziland, South Africa and Mozambique. Here the Global Fund is financing spraying, which

has reduced Malaria by 90% in the past year or two. This demonstrates the kinds of possibilities that

exist in the fight agains malaria. Out of the 2 billion dollars per year needed to roll back malaria, only

600 million is available at this point. Sixty percent of this funding is being provided by The Global Fund.

It is also important to note that one third of the whole portfolio of The Global Fund is going to states

that belong to the Organization of Islamic Conference.”

Beth Kuttab - Head of Relief and Social Services, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for

Palestine Refugees in the Near East – UNRWA

“After the Israeli incursion into Jenin camp, we had to remove 30,000 square

metres of rubble alone with more than 435 houses destroyed inside the camp.

It is a great pride that the United Arab Emirates Red Crescent Society can say

that they responded to that particular crisis in a very timely way. The United Arab

Emirates Red Crescent Society gave an unprecedented donation to UNRWA. It’s

the largest single donation in the agency’s history. They gave 27 million dollars

to rebuild Jenin Camp and I am very pleased to be here in the United Arab

Emirates to express our gratitude and appreciation for this wonderful support from the Arab world. The

Saudi government has recently donated 20 million dollars to UNRWA for shelters in Gaza.”

June Kunugi - Acting Representative Gulf Area Office United Nations Children’s Fund – UNICEF

“When one looks at the biggest donors who fund UNICEF, it is interesting to note

that the top three are Japan, Germany and the Netherlands. These are the

countries that received the most from UNICEF after World War Two. Even in my

own country which is Japan, we have what is called the UNICEF milk generation.

In my own parents schools there were milk feeding programmes. These are the

donors today who are now providing the bulk of support to organisations like

UNICEF because they had the personal experience of what it is to be in a difficult

experience and then be provided support.

“Mobilizing resources is really about partnerships. They need to be cultivated, a certain trust and

credibility needs to be built, people want to know where their resources are going, and they want to feel

that connection. When it comes to partnerships, that sense of ownership is really vital. There are 37

national committees within UNICEF, but it’s actually 6 million people supporting the work of these

committees that then goes to UNICEF.

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“It is also important that a culture of humanitarian action and assistance is developed in societies from

very early on. In many industrialized countries as well as programme countries we have programmes

like education for development, and in fact in countries like Italy and the Netherlands, from a very early

age, children receive a very global education talking about the world dynamics and the needs of

developing countries as well as how individuals including children themselves can provide support.”

Tarek Shayya - Regional Donor Relations Officer for GCC World Food Programme – WFP

“When the world met at the Millennium Summit in the year 2000 and when they

decided what would be their priority for the next millennium, the number one

millennium development goal was to bring the number of hungry poor to half by

the year 2015. Now we are five years into the Millennium Development plan and

unfortunately we are nowhere close to reaching our goal. As a matter of fact,

studies show that if we are to continue up to 2015 at the same pace that we

did the first 5 years, we are going to bring the number of hungry people to 400 million by 2150, so

we are doing a terribly bad job at ending hunger.

“Fortunately, there is enough generosity to reach out to the hungry… When the World Food Programme

during the Tsunami crisis announced an operation for 6 months for 185 million dollars, we were able

to fund that programme in two weeks. Nevertheless, the silent and chronically hungry and even the

people living in crises conditions continue to be forgotten… If we look at who is donating to deal with

the hunger programme, the WFP receives about 2.7 billion dollars worth of food and money to feed

people, about nine countries constitute about 80% of those resources… When you look at the 95

million people that WFP assisted last year, about half of these were in Organisation of Islamic

Conference countries, yet less than 1% of WFP’s funding comes from countries of OIC membership.”

Fred Dubee - Senior Advisor, Global Compact, Executive Office of the Secretary General, United Nations

“Let us unite the power of the market with the authority of universal principles.

Let us reconcile the creativity of business with the needs of the disadvantaged

and requirements of the future generation. With these words the Secretary

General Kofi Annan challenged the business community and launched the Global

Compact. By compact, we mean an action-oriented, voluntary sharing of values

and principles. By global we mean that while the values and principles are

universal, the development and implementation of the compact must be rooted

in the traditions, culture, and religion of each nation.

“The Global Compact is nothing more than a platform for businesses, governments, and NGOs to use

that can help create very effective partnerships. We heard today that partnerships are based on need,

but they are also based on a sharing of ideals of principles and of mission. Today, there are over 2000

companies that belong to the Global Compact about 100 from this region, and about 101 out of the

fortune 500 companies.”

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Philip Hoare - Procurement Manager Sight Savers, Chairman Inter-Agency Procurement Group IAPG

“One of the issues which I wanted to discuss is gifts in kind. We get inundated

with well being and well thought out donations in kind, but they have been a major

problem. We have been offered out of date drugs, we get old and out of date

equipment which requires a high level of maintenance, and a lot of this is just

being dumped on the developing world. So we are trying to figure out a way to

get the good gifts in kind, and make people think before they donate stuff that

has been in their garage for 30 years and as a responsible NGO, we have learned

to say no.

“We formed a group called the Inter Agency Procurement Group in the UK ten years ago and we

brought together the major NGOs such as the British Red Cross, Oxfam, Save the Children and NGOs

like these. Through this network we have lobbied suppliers.”

Fred Schultz - Chief, Procurement and Logistics Division, United Nations Relief and Works Agencyfor Palestine Refugees in the Near East - UNRWA

“Out of the 500 million dollar UNRWA spends every year, about 35% is purely for

procurement. If you take away the cost of the staff, the procurement figure

would be more like 90%… UNRWA has 900 installations in these five areas,

where we do our own construction of schools, clinics, we run our distribution

centres…We are running our schools differently than in most parts of the world

and it is because we do not have enough money. Every school is double shifted

which means that every school is utilized for 12-14 hours every day. So it starts

in the morning with new teachers and students and 6 hours later, a new school comes in with new

students and teachers. Of course it is something that we do not want, but we have been forced to do.

“For the suppliers, they have to realize that we are not in the traditional areas of emergency purchase.

What we are buying are school supplies for the children, medicines for the clinics and health centres,

all the general supplies, as well as quite a bit of foodstuff.”

Ahmed Gubartalla - Regional Representative, Office of the United Nations, High Commissioner forRefugees - UNHCR

“In our experience we have developed two methods that govern our procurement

processes. One method is emergency stockpiling for which we have a central

location in Copenhagen, and we have regional stockpiling in places such as Dubai,

Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia as well as stockpiling around situations where we

foresee a response and we preposition goods in places such as Iraq, Jordan,

Turkey and Iran. The second mechanism which we use is the frame agreements,

so even though we have an annual budget cycle, these frame agreements have

no time frame. What they do have is specificity of standards as well as prices of the items which we

procure…UNHCR procures vehicles, blankets, tents, plastic tarpaulins, kitchen sets, generators,

collapsible jerry cans, tires, tubes, information technology and telecommunication equipment, office

equipment, essential drugs, medical supplies, services such as inspection, consultancies, transport,

and forwarding. Along with this we have procurement which takes place in the field. This procurement

has certain ceilings so that we can allow flexibility to our field offices and be able to respond quickly.”

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Gala Dinner April 6th 2005

The annual DIHAD Gala Dinner was held on Wednesday April 6th, at the Jumeirah Ballroom of the

Crown Plaza hotel. After enjoying the buffet, awards were presented by H.E. Ibrahim Bumelha, Mr.

Hussain Fahmi, Mr. Nadir Hadj-Hammou, and Mr. Abdul Salam Al Madani to the panelists and

chairpersons of the conference, as well as vip’s and dignitaries who had participated in DIHAD.

DIHAD 2005proved to be an

undoubted success.Wewere able to meet with

a large number offriends and partners inrelief aid world as well,using the event as abig opportunity tomake valuable new

contacts in the aid anddevelopment world.

Dr. Adel GawishChairman and

Managing DirectorChancel

International

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DIHAD 2005 hasundoubtedly been a greatsuccess for us: we made

many new contacts,networked with existingones, launched two new

aid products (theZeroFly® insecticide

impregnated tent and theLifeStraw™ personaldrinking device) and

expect to generate morethan $1 million in sales,with contracts over $2.5million expected in the

near future for PermaNet®

mosquito nets, all relatingto DIHAD.

Patrick SieyesRegional Director

Vestergaard FrandsenMiddle East

Nissan Welcome Reception

On the evening of Tuesday April 5th, members of the International Scientific Advisory Board,

procurement officers, and dignitaries attended the Nissan Welcome Reception at Le Gourmand

restaurant in Ibis World Trade Centre Hotel. A short video presentation was made by Mr. Monal

Zeidan, Corporate Communications Manager for Nissan Middle East, in which Nissan presented all their

terrain vehicles which are specially fitted for the demanding conditions that the UN and International

NGO’s work in. Nissan is able to provide clients with vehicles as well as spare parts directly to areas

in Africa, Middle East, and Central Asia. For further information on Nissan, please contact Mr. Monal

Zeidan by telephone 971 4 881 7500 ext 290 or email monal@nissan-me.ae. We take this

opportunity to thank Nissan for sponsoring this event.

Ambassador Ahmed Gubartalla, RegionalRepresentative UNHCR, Mostafa Mohaghegh,

Operations Coordinator IFRC, andFred Dubee, Senior Advisor Global Compact

The buffet at the reception

Hani Obeid, Director Tejari, Philip Hoare,Procurement Manager Sight Savers, and Mr. Saqib

Iqbal COO Tejari at the reception

Mr. Monal Zeidan, Corporate CommunicationsManager Nissan Middle East FZE speaking aboutNissan’s all terrain vehicles specially fitted for the

aid and development community

Media Coverage DIHAD 2005

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