His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, President of AGFUND, and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell led a commemorative ceremony today in Riyadh, celebrating 40 years of joint results for children. The principals also inaugurated an exhibition at AGFUND headquarters in Riyadh, featuring a collection of photography, infographics, and maps about the partnership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By\/Ahmed Fawzy His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, President of AGFUND, and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell led a commemorative ceremony today in Riyadh, celebrating 40 years of joint results for children.\u201cUNICEF is privileged to count on the steadfast support of partners like AGFUND,\u201d said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. \u201cWe …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":189714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-te-public"],"yoast_head":"\n
<\/strong>\u201cUNICEF is privileged to count on the steadfast support of partners like AGFUND,\u201d said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. \u201cWe look forward to even more support and better protection for the most vulnerable children over the next 40 years and beyond.\u201d
The partnership between the two organizations began in 1981 under the leadership of the late Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, UNICEF Special Envoy and founder of AGFUND, and has since benefited generations of children across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and beyond.
AGFUND supported close to 100 UNICEF projects over four decades, helping provide urgent assistance to victims of natural disasters and conflicts, and strengthening national health, education and protection systems.
\u201cWe are incredibly proud of our results,\u201d said HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. \u201cForty years of partnership do not only reflect AGFUND\u2019s dedication to children\u2019s rights but also mirror the Gulf community\u2019s profoundly rooted solidarity with vulnerable people no matter where they are. Our work with UNICEF has benefited children and families across the planet \u2013 a model global partnership with universal results.\u201d
At today\u2019s event, Russell and Prince Abdulaziz signed a new memorandum of understanding outlining areas of institutional cooperation in the near term \u2013 including early childhood development, child protection, health, education and advocacy \u2013 and a financial grant from AGFUND to support UNICEF\u2019s COVID-19 response in Sudan.
The signing ceremony was attended by Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East North Africa, Eltayeb Adam, UNICEF Representative to the Gulf Area, and Nasser Alkahtani, Executive Director of AGFUND.<\/p>\n\n\n\n