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Morocco Post \ Washington, DC
During a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes, and Haiti’s ambassador expressed to Morocco’s ambassador to the UN, Mohamed Loulichki, their gratitude and appreciation for HM the King’s gesture of generosity and compassion towards the Haitian people following the devastating earthquake that hit their country
Earlier this week Morocco decided to send relief aid worth $1 million to Haiti, in addition to a $32,000-donation granted by the Moroccan Red Crescent.
Mr. Loulichki renewed the condolences of the Moroccan government and people to Haitians, the UN, and the States which have rushed troops to the country for their human losses.
The Moroccan diplomat hailed the international community’s generosity and solidarity with the quake-stricken Haitian population, and he also recalled the difficulties hampering relief operations which put the UN under strain and affects the efficiency of dispatching international aid.
In this regard, the Moroccan Ambassador recommended that the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) provides states with technical information related to dispatching and delivering humanitarian aid.
Governments and aid groups from around the world rushed relief workers and supplies to Haiti, where the massive magnitude 7.0 quake is feared to have killed thousands.
A statement of the Moroccan Foreign ministry said that the $1 million- relief aid will be airlifted as soon as possible.
In these painful times, the Moroccan people offer their heartfelt condolences and feelings of sincere compassion to the Haitian people and hope that they will overcome this hard ordeal and promptly resume a normal life, the statement said.
Sources confirmed that Two Moroccan planes carrying around 24 tonnes of medical and pharmaceutical supplies for the quake-stricken Haitian people left Saturday Kénitra (40 km north of Rabat).