Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, UAE Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, issued a decree on Tuesday appointing Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed as chairman of the Dubai World Trade Centre Authority.
Sheikh Ahmed is also the president of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, chairman of Dubai Airports and Dubai Holding and the chief executive and chairman of Emirates airline.
Dubai Holding's portfolio includes Jumeirah Group, Dubai Properties, Arab Media Group and Dubai Retail, among others.
The decree will come into effect from Tuesday, the Dubai Media Office said in a statement.
Dubai World Trade Centre Authority is responsible for managing the Dubai World Trade Centre, which hosts a number of exhibitions and events throughout the year.
It is also home to hotels, office towers and residential apartments. Currently, the Dubai World Trade Centre is hosting the Arabian Travel Market.
Dubai, the Middle East's commercial and travel hub, is a global centre for hosting meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions. The events industry globally has suffered due to travel restrictions, but the emirate is safely reopening to host major international events.
The emirate hosted more than 810,000 international guests in the first two months of 2021 compared with 3.27 million visitors in January and February of 2020, before movement restrictions were put in place to stem the spread of the pandemic, according to figures from the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism).
Speaking at the event earlier this week, Sheikh Ahmed said Emirates airline is hopeful of a pickup in travel demand as countries reopen their borders.
“We have to remain optimistic ... if markets open, traffic will be coming; we will see this in the next six months,” he said during a media round table.
One in nine do not have enough to eat
Created in 1961, the World Food Programme is pledged to fight hunger worldwide as well as providing emergency food assistance in a crisis.
One of the organisation’s goals is the Zero Hunger Pledge, adopted by the international community in 2015 as one of the 17 Sustainable Goals for Sustainable Development, to end world hunger by 2030.
The WFP, a branch of the United Nations, is funded by voluntary donations from governments, businesses and private donations.
Almost two thirds of its operations currently take place in conflict zones, where it is calculated that people are more than three times likely to suffer from malnutrition than in peaceful countries.
It is currently estimated that one in nine people globally do not have enough to eat.
On any one day, the WFP estimates that it has 5,000 lorries, 20 ships and 70 aircraft on the move.
Outside emergencies, the WFP provides school meals to up to 25 million children in 63 countries, while working with communities to improve nutrition. Where possible, it buys supplies from developing countries to cut down transport cost and boost local economies.
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