The Deputy Governor of Aden Governorate, Secretary General of the Local Council, Badr, Saeed’s assistant, met this morning with Mr. Muhammad Rafiq Nasri, Director of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Marion Legenti from 

(Commission) and Muammar Alwan (Commission)

In the presence of Abdul Karim Jabbari, Advisor to the Governor for Organizations Affairs, Intisar Murshed, Director General of the Planning Office, and Aboud Naji, Director General of Dar Saad Directorate.

The Deputy Governor of Aden Governorate, Secretary General of the Local Council, began the meeting with a welcoming speech to the Director of the High Commission, Muhammad Rafiq. He congratulated him on his behalf and on behalf of His Excellency the Minister of State, Governor of Aden, Mr. Ahmed Hamid Lamlas. Upon gaining confidence and being appointed as director of the commission in Aden.

Stressing the readiness of the governorate’s leadership to cooperate and establish a true partnership with the Commission and to overcome all tasks related to the activity of the Commission’s office in Aden. He called on all international donor organizations to deal directly with the local authority and will provide all facilities. 

*Reaffirming the local authority leadership’s rejection of any projects aimed at settling the displaced in the city of Aden.

Especially since the war has stopped in most of the displacement areas.

.The meeting discussed a number of issues related to the implementation of projects supported by the organization, such as sanitation projects, the continuation of house restoration projects, and the restoration of sites from which the displaced emerged, such as schools and others, especially in the Dar Saad district. And resuming work on implementing frozen projects, and moving from emergency projects to projects with strategic feasibility and sustainability. And agreeing to hold a series of workshops and events in which the leadership of the local authority, directors of directorates, relevant departments, planning, and others will participate. This is to develop a joint strategic formula that includes priority projects and needs to address donors who They made financial pledges in the outcomes of the Global Refugee Forum, in which the Minister of State and Governor of Aden Governorate, Mr. Ahmed Hamid Lamlas, participated, and released This strategy is shared in the digital platform of the Global Refugee Forum. 

The Director of the High Commission, Muhammad Rafiq, touched on the Commission’s orientations and its intention to expand in increasing support projects. He wished for more coordination between the Commission and the governorate’s leadership. To demand international organizations to increase support in grants provided to the city of Aden in particular...

The meeting was attended by Abdel-Qawi Hamash, Director of the Secretary-General’s Office, and others.