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GENEVA, Feb 27 (KUNA) -- Association of Accredited Correspondents at the United Nations (ACANU) chose Wednesday a photo depicting Kuwait's generous donation to the Syrian humanitarian cause as an important media event for the UN's European headquarters in the last 70 years.
Speaking to KUNA on the event, Kuwaiti permanent representative to the UN and international organizations headquarters in Geneva Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim said that the photo displayed the moment when Kuwait, in 2014, donated a sum of USD 200 million to the humanitarian cause in the war-torn country of Syria.
The photo, which has advisor of the Amiri Diwan Abdullah Al-Maatouq, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and other prominent figures, reaffirms Kuwait's commitment towards helping the people suffering from conflicts and wars, said Ambassador Al-Ghunaim.
He added that the UN highly appreciated Kuwait's generous stance, revealing that major news outlets had covered the event of the Kuwaiti donation.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Al-Ghunaim said a gallery depicting important international events had photos related to Kuwait included one of the former UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar prior to his visit to Baghdad in January 1991 in effort to end the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The gallery also had a photo of former US Foreign Secretary James Baker in Iraqi also within the efforts to end the occupation. The gallery continues until February 28. (end) ta.gta