Iraq calls for forming an Arab committee for immediate response to emergencies and health crises

INA - BAGHDAD 

Minister of Health, Salih Al-Hasnawi, expressed the ministry's readiness to support the humanitarian effort to provide relief to civilians in Sudan, while calling for forming an Arab committee for preparedness and response to emergencies and health disasters.

"Al-Hasnawi participated in the emergency session of the Council of Arab Health Ministers, which was organized by the Technical Secretariat of the League of Arab States via television to discuss the humanitarian and health situation in the Republic of Sudan," said the Ministry of Health in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA.

He asserted in his speech, "The solidarity of the Iraqi government and people with the Sudanese people," expressing his regret for "the casualties and injuries caused by the armed clashes."

"The possibility of supporting the Iraqi Ministry of Health in supporting the humanitarian effort to provide relief to civilians in Sudan, by providing basic medicines and medical supplies via the Iraqi Red Crescent Society," he noted, calling on "the Council to form the Arab Committee for Preparedness and Response to Emergency and Health Disasters."

The session concluded with a joint draft resolution that included unifying the Arab effort in the health field to support health institutions in Sudan and high coordination with international organizations to support the health system.