KUWAIT/BEIRUT: The Arab Media Forum Authority launched on Wednesday, in cooperation with the Arab League, the largest remote youth rally for humanity, themed 'For Lebanon Initiative' in support of Lebanese people, due to the massive explosion that hit Biuret Port last week. "What is happening in Lebanon requires a serious international support, with strict and active global united efforts to offer the country aid during such tough circumstances," the Special Envoy of the Arab League Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Sheikha Hessa Al-Thani said in press remarks.

She expressed her gratitude and appreciation for the partnership with Arab Media Forum and offered her total support to this initiative. "Our brothers in Lebanon are in urgent need of all forms of aid due to the destructive explosion that struck Beirut," the Secretary General of the Arab Media Forum Madi Al-Khamees said, calling on everyone to offer assistance to Lebanon.

Participations and ideas
The Arab Media Forum launched the largest humanitarian youth initiative all over the Arab World, to welcome participations and ideas to offer aid to Lebanon. The 'For Lebanon Initiative' was launched with the participation of Honorary Chairperson of Gulf Society for the Disabled Sheikha Suhaila Al-Sabah, United Nations Secretary General's Special Adviser Dr Ahmad Al-Muraikhi, Director of the Centre for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies Sultan Barakat, Head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Regional Office Iyad Nasr, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Regional Representative for the Gulf Khaled Khalifa, along with a number of Arab and international authorities' representatives, and the participation of 300 presenters of initiatives from all over the Arab nations.

Relief aid
In other news, the Kuwaiti airlift continued on Wednesday transporting relief and humanitarian needs to Lebanon for the eighth consecutive day, with the arrival of two planes carrying about 100 tons of urgent needs, following a recent explosion at Beirut Port. Abdullah Al-Shaheen, a counselor at the Kuwaiti embassy in Lebanon, said that the two planes were loaded with about 100 tons of foodstuffs, as the total since the start of the launch carried 605 tons.

There is full cooperation with the Lebanese authorities represented by the leadership of the Lebanese Army through securing all facilities and delivery, in addition to the shipments that were delivered to the Red Cross and presented by the Kuwait Red Crescent Society, he added. He indicated that the airlift will continue with the arrival of more planes loaded with aid in the coming days, to support Lebanon in this unfortunate circumstance. - KUNA