Global Humanitarian Overview 2025 programme — Kuwait

Kuwait City, 4 December 2024

9:00-10:30 GMT+3

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

SEGMENT I Welcome / Opening Remarks

09:05–09:30

Welcome by Ms. Manayer AlQallaf, moderator of the GHO Event

Opening remarks by H.E. Sheikh Jarrah Jaber AlAhmad AlSabah, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait

Presenting the Global Humanitarian Overview for 2025 by Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator

SEGMENT II Panel Discussion: ‘‘Collective Action in Humanitarian Diplomacy”

09:31–10:20

Panel Speakers:

H.E. Ms. Deike Potzel, Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian Issues, Director General for Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation, Peace Building, and Humanitarian Assistance, German Federal Foreign Office

Ms. Rania Dagash-Kamara, Assistant Executive Director, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization, World Food Programme

Mr. Khaled F. AlKhaled, Deputy Director of Operations for International Organizations, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED)

Dr. Zeina Mohanna, Amel Association International, Lebanon NGO

[includes pre-registered questions to the panelists]

SEGMENT III Closing Remarks

10:21–10:30

Closing remarks by Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator

Closing remarks by H.E. Sheikh Jarrah Jaber AlAhmad AlSabah, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait