The opening ceremony held on April 4th under the patronage of H.H Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime minister of UAE, Ruler of Dubai and organised by Index Conferences and Exhibitions, member of Index Holding, in cooperation with Mohammed Bin Rashid AL Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment, the United Nations, the UAE Red Crescent Society, Dubai Cares, Organization of Islamic Conference and the International Humanitarian City as platinum sponsor and other international and regional organisations.
The event it was focusing on the Millennium Development Gaols 1/2/3 to call attention related to health of the individual, family, community at large should constitute an inalienable right for all, indispensable to the peace and security and development in developing countries.
The World For World Organisation (WFWO) delegations for its first time visited IHC/DIHAD Dubai and stand up with this important noble initiative and objectives and vision of the IHC and DIHAD, with an ultimate goal to make Dubai and the UAE a bridge between the 'East' and the 'West' and provide humanitarian players with a place to network, learn and operate from. We support and recognised that IHC/DIHAD roles in promoting humanitarian efforts in order to facilitate the work of international organisation base in the region". In this context the WFWO will be more interesting in the future to establish its operations office at the International Humanitarian City to facilitate its mission in developing countries.
The main held discussions of DIHAD is to Health Challenges during crisis and disasters under the theme "Global Health Challenges of Tomorrow; Impact & Response" which underscored major health problems during humanitarian challenges. The conference had also attracted more attention to the recent disasters and crises one of which is Haiti earthquake, Food crisis and the global warming. In addition, all participated organisations and associations had presented their latest humanitarian activities and future programs.
Mr. Abdul Salam Al Madani Executive Chairman of DIHAD announced that the event was attended by a huge number of visitors and participants during the past three days, he also said "DIHAD succeeded on its seventh edition to fulfil its Nobel goals with the participation of world's top humanitarian speakers, organisations, associations and participants who gathered in Dubai for the past three days".He also announced that DIHAD 2011 will take place from 28 - 30 of March 2011 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The closing ceremony today was attended by Ms. Makiya Al Hajiri, the CEO of the International Humanitarian City (IHC) - the platinum sponsor of DIHAD 2010.
Ms. Makiya Al Hajiri, was the lead speaker on the concluding day of the conference. She said: "IHC was pleased to be associated with DIHAD 2010, where we had a chance to meet key humanitarian organizations and learn more about the important challenges facing the world today. IHC is a symbol of Dubai's interest and commitment in the humanitarian sector and DIHAD gave us a valuable opportunity to exhibit our efforts."
