Just days after inviting pres and customers to see the new Animal Center in Doha, Qatar Airways announced that it has renewed its partnership with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and supports communities in need. The agreement signing ceremony was attended by Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, (who gave a speech), and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Filippo Grandi, alongside the UNHCR’s Representative to the State of Qatar, Mr. Ahmed Mohsen, and Qatar Airways, Chief Cargo Officer, Mr. Mark Drusch. The two have agreed an extension of another two years, taking the partnership through to 2025. The agreement supports the shipment of relief items to the most vulnerable refugees and internally displaced people worldwide. Already over the past two years, Qatar Airways Cargo collaborated closely with UNHCR, helping to get humanitarian aid to where it is most needed. The new partnership agreement foresees Qatar Airways providing 400 tons of free tonnage to UNHCR, helping those in need in through the distribution of crucial aid supplies. The airlines 28 freighters are on standby. “By working with Qatar Airways, UNHCR has wide access to deliver life-saving support including water, medical care and hygiene materials to keep refugees, internally displaced people, and host community members safe around the world,” the release states.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, stated: “We are proud of what we have accomplished through our relationship with UNHCR over the past four years, which has helped support displaced communities around the world. We look forward to the significant renewal of our partnership and in continuing to aid those who are most vulnerable. Qatar Airways Group is committed to fulfilling its humanitarian role by helping refugees and internally displaced people worldwide.”
Ahmed Mohsen, UNHCR’s Representative to the State of Qatar, said: “We highly appreciate this vital partnership and are proud to renew it for two additional years, which reflects Qatar Airways’ solid commitment towards supporting our humanitarian efforts, in terms of delivering essential relief items to those most in need. Since establishing our partnership with Qatar Airways in May 2020, amid a critical time during the emergence of Covid-19, Qatar Airways has lent us a helping hand to support refugees and displaced communities with vital relief items and medical supplies.”
