The role of His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Al-Matouq in national and internation¬al humanitarian work is not limited to the international framework, but extends to his support and promotion of humanitarian work in Kuwait and the region. Here are some points that highlight his role in this aspect: National humanitarian work: Supporting charitable associations and organisations in Kuwait H.E. Dr. Al-Ma¬touq has actively supported charitable associations and organisations in Ku¬wait by providing guidance and advice and directing funding and resources to local humanitarian projects. Promoting Awareness of Humanitarian Action: H.E. Dr. Al-Matouq has encour¬aged the promotion of awareness of humanitarian issues in Kuwait through awareness campaigns and educational events. These efforts have contributed to attracting support and participation of the local community in humanitar¬ian work. International humanitarian work: Chaired the four NGO donor conferences for the Syrian people organized by the International Islamic Charitable Organisation during the following years (2013-2014-2015-2016), which managed to collect pledges worth more than one billion dollars ($1,317,510,000), State of Kuwait. First conference pledges: $183,000,000 - Second conference: $276,470,000 Third Conference Pledges: $513,160,000 - Fourth Conference Pledges: $344,880,000 Played a strong and pivotal role in organizing the four international donor con¬ferences to support the humanitarian situation in Syria (January 2013, January 2014, March 2015, February 2016). Kuwait and the United Kingdom. The State of Kuwait failed in its contribution ceremony in support of the re¬sponse to the Syrian crisis in April 2014 with 250 million dollars, as well as June 2015 with 311 million dollars. Geneva Visited the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, Riyadh, Sep¬tember 2015. Inaugurated two primary schools Kuwait (1) and Kuwait (2) in Za’atari camp for Syrian refugee students in the Kuwaiti model village donated by the Inter¬national Islamic Charity Organization, Amman - Hashemite Kingdom of Jor¬dan - September 2015. Participated as a keynote speaker at Expo Milano on the occasion of the first anniversary of His Highness the Amir being awarded the title of Humanitar¬ian Leader and the selection of Kuwait as a global humanitarian center Milan - Italy - September 2015. He chaired the meetings of the Senior Donor Group during the preparation for the Second International Conference to support the humanitarian situation in Syria based on a proposal by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to create a group of major donor countries for the conference. The idea behind the establishment of the Senior Donor Group for Syria was to create a platform for senior donors to discuss issues related to funding strategies and disbursement of funds in order to increase effectiveness, avoid duplication and complement existing coordination mechanisms, as Dr. Al- Matouq chaired the first meet¬ing on March 18, 2014 to the ninth meeting held in Kuwait on January 16, 2017. Participated in the Qatari ministerial meeting on the State of Qatar’s initiative to support education and professional development for the Syrian people. Unit¬ed Nations New York - October 2015. Participated as a keynote speaker at the Global Consultations of the World Hu¬manitarian Summit, Geneva. October 2015. Participated as a keynote speaker at the Regional Security Summit 11 - Inter¬national Institute for Strategic Studies Dialogue Manama, Kingdom of Bah¬rain - November 2015. Chaired the Annual Conference on Effective Partnership and Information Ex¬change organized by the International Islamic Charity Organization and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. State of Kuwait - December 2015. Participated as a keynote speaker at the Fourth International Conference on the Syrian Crisis, London, United Kingdom, February 2016. Participated as a keynote speaker at a conference on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen - challenges and prospects of the humanitarian response, State of Qa¬tar - February 2016. Participated as a keynote speaker in a High-level workshop on Arab visions for the future of the international peace and security architecture for an appro¬priate, collective and effective response. Arab Republic of Egypt - March 2016. Inaugurated two primary schools Kuwait (3) and Kuwait (4) a mosque, a di¬agnostic radiology unit and a blood bank in Za’atari camp for Syrian refugees in Kuwaiti Model Village (2) donated by the State of Kuwait under the super¬vision of the International Islamic Charity Organization. Amman - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - April 2016. Participated as a keynote speaker at the High-Level Consultation on Interna¬tional Cooperation with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and Re¬ligions for Peace, Tokyo Japan - May 2016. Participated in the World Humanitarian Summit Istanbul - Republic of Tur¬key - May 2016. Participated as a keynote speaker at the Refugee Summit at the Fourth UN General Assembly High Level Roundtable Meeting on Refugees and Migrants - Global Agreement for Sharing Responsibility for Refugees under the theme ‘Respect for International Law’. New York - September 2016. Participated in the meeting of the Islamic Council of Donor Institutions of the OIC Humanitarian Funds III. Kingdom of Bahrain - December 2016 Meeting with Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the United Nations building, upon his assumption of his duties as Secre¬tary-General. New York 2017. Co-chaired a session on post-conflict reconstruction and its requirements. State of Kuwait. January 2017. Inaugurated the International Organization for Migration (IOM) exhibition held at the organization’s main headquarter. State of Kuwait - January 2017. Meeting with Dr. Peter Maurer, former President of the International Commit¬tee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at his invitation at the ICRC headquarter in Gene¬va - October 2017. Participated in the conference of Al-Azhar and the Council of Muslim Elders (Freedom and Citizenship, Diversity and Integration), Arab Republic of Egypt - February 2017. Participated in the meeting of the Presidium and Constituent Body of the Is¬lamic Council for Da’wa and Relief, Arab Republic of Egypt - February 2017. Participated in the fourth meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Peace Pro¬motion Forum - Abu Dhabi - February 2017. Signing a cooperation and partnership agreement with the Turkish Red Cres¬cent Ankara - Republic of Turkey - March 2017. Launching a campaign on the humanitarian crisis in Somalia titled as “ Soma¬lia groans from hunger and thirst”, State of Kuwait, March 2017. Participated in the seventh conference of the Supreme Council for Islamic Af¬fairs under the title “The role of leaders and decision makers in spreading the culture of peace and confronting terrorism and challenges”. Arab Republic of Egypt - March 2017. Participated as a keynote speaker at the high-level pledging meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Geneva - April 2017. Meeting with Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations. Geneva - April 2017 Participated in the Al-Azhar World Peace Conference, Arab Republic of Egypt - April 2017. Inaugurated the village of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah - Emir of the State of Kuwait to shelter Syrian refugees in the Oncu Pinar camp - Ki¬lis, Republic of Turkey - April 2017. Visited the Republic of Chechnya at the invitation of its President to attend the regular meeting of the Strategic Vision Team. Grozny, May 2017. Visited the Republic of Tatarstan at the invitation of its President to attend the 9th International Economic Conference. Kazan, May 2017. Inaugurated the new buildings of the King Hussein Cancer Center at the invi¬tation of Her Royal Highness Princess Ghida Talal, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center. Amman. Hash¬emite Kingdom of Jordan - September 2017. Met with Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the United Nations building, after his renewal for a second term for 2018 as Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. New York - February 2018 Chaired the NGO conference to support the humanitarian situation in Iraq and succeeded in collecting pledges worth $337,130,000,000 from local and inter¬national organizations, State of Kuwait - February 2018. Participated as a speaker at the Interfaith Dialogue for Peace Conference: Pro¬moting Peaceful Coexistence and Shared Citizenship at the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, Vienna - February 2018. Participated in the High Consultative Meeting of Muslim scholars and intel¬lectuals in the world on the moderation of Islam in Bogor, Republic of Indo¬nesia - May 2018. Participated as a keynote speaker at the 6th Baku International Humanitarian Forum with the theme “Education and Science in the Concept of Human Cap¬ital Development”. Baku - October 2018. Participated as a speaker at the Wilton Park Dialogue for Inclusive Citizenship, Abu Dhabi - November 2018. Participated in the opening session at the International Conference (Developing Interfaith and Civilizational Dialogue for Cooperation) Berlin - November 2018. Chaired the eighth annual conference for effective partnership and informa¬tion exchange for better humanitarian action under the slogan “One Humanity Against Hunger” in cooperation with the United Nations and with the partici¬pation of many international, local and regional organizations, which resulted in providing more than two billion meals for the poor around the world, State of Kuwait - November 2018. Participated in the Doha Forum, State of Qatar, December 2018. Headed the delegation of the State of Kuwait in the opening of Al-Fattah Al-Al¬eem Mosque and the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ. Arab Republic of Egypt January 2019. Chaired the meeting of Kuwaiti charitable societies to support the humanitar¬ian situation around the Syrian crisis and managed to collect pledges worth 72.5 million dollars. State of Kuwait - March 2019. Headed the delegation of the State of Kuwait in the mourning ceremony for the victims of the terrorist shooting that targeted two mosques, New Zealand, March 2019. Inaugurated and inspected Kuwait’s humanitarian projects in the Kurdistan Region Erbil - April 2019. Met with Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the United Nations building, after being renewed for a third term in 2019 as Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. New York - April 2019. Inaugurated the handover ceremony of medical equipment donated by the State of Kuwait, represented by the International Islamic Charity Organiza¬tion, to the Republic of Tajikistan - September 2019. Participated as a keynote speaker in the first scientific session at the Sixth Fo¬rum of the Forum for the Promotion of Peace under the title ‘The Role of Re¬ligions in Promoting Tolerance from Potential to Obligation. Abu Dhabi - De¬cember 2019. Participated as a session chair at the International Conference on Human Fra¬ternity to promote Security and Peace. Zagreb - February 2020. Co-chaired the first session at the conference on initiatives to immunize youth against the ideas of extremism and violence and mechanisms to activate them. Geneva - February 2020. Met with Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, New York. October 2021. Participated in the twelfth meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Peace Pro¬motion Forum. Abu Dhabi - December 2021. Participated in the opening of the Islamic Cultural Center in the city of Sisak, Croatia - September 2022. Participated in the opening speech and honorary sponsorship at the Interna¬tional Congress for Social Responsibility - the third edition of 2022. Amman - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - September 2022. Chaired the first scientific session at the 33rd International Conference of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (Ijtihad is the necessity of the age: its forms, its regulations, its men and the need for it). Arab Republic of Egypt, Septem¬ber 2022. Chaired the meeting on developing means of cooperation and partnership be¬tween Organization of Humanitarian Relief, Human Rights and Freedoms, IHH and Kuwaiti charitable societies, State of Kuwait - September 2022. Participated as a keynote speaker in the opening session and chaired the delegates’ session at the Seventh International Conference of Dar Al-Ifta under the title ‘Fatwa and the Sustainable Development Goals’. Arab Republic of Egypt - October 2022. Chaired the 68th meeting of the International Islamic Council for Da’wa and Relief, State of Kuwait - October 2022 Chaired the inauguration ceremony of the project to address the learning difficulties of Syrian refugees and displaced persons. State of Kuwait - November 2022. Met with Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, New York, November 2022. Participated in the opening session of the 35th Conference of Latin American and Caribbean Muslims under the title ‘Latin American Muslims in the face of the phenomenon of hatred’. He also chaired the second session under the theme ‘Causes, manifestations and effects of hatred on society’. São Paulo - Brazil - November 2022. Participated in the 18th World Islamic Forum under the title “Justice and Moderation: The Divine Principles of World Order” Moscow - Russia - December 2022. Visited to Kuwait Al-Khair schools in Lebanon and the learning disabilities project for Syrian refugees Tripoli - the Republic of Lebanon - May 2023 Participated in the Twelfth General Conference of the Association of Islamic Universities - Mecca - May 2023. Participated in the annual meeting of the Strategic Vision Group - Russia - Islamic World on the theme “Russia - Islamic World: Traditional Spiritual and Ethical Values as a Basis for Interfaith Cooperation) Kazan - Tatarstan - May 2023 His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Matouq Al-Matouq has undertaken various humanitarian visits and activities that reflect his strong commitment to supporting humanitarian causes at the national and international lev¬els. Among these visits and activities are: He delivered medical equipment in Tajikistan September 2019: H.E. Dr. Al-Maatouq led the handover ceremony of medical equipment gifted by the State of Kuwait represented by the International Islamic Charity Organization in the Republic of Tajikistan. This initiative promotes international cooperation in the field of healthcare. Visited humanitarian projects in the Kurdistan Region (2019): He vis¬ited and inspected the State of Kuwait’s humanitarian projects in the Kurdistan Region in the city of Erbil. This visit reflects his commitment to providing sup¬port to areas in need of humanitarian assistance. Visited New Zealand (March 2019): H.E. Dr. Al-Matouq led the delegation of the State of Kuwait in the mourning ceremony for the victims of the terrorist attack that targeted two mosques in New Zealand and this visit was an expres¬sion of solidarity with the victims and the New Zealand community. Supporting the humanitarian situation in the Syrian crisis March 2019): H.E. Dr. Al-Matouq chaired the meeting of Kuwaiti charitable associations to support the humanitarian situation on the Syrian crisis and managed to collect pledges worth $72.5 million. This support contributes to alleviating the suffer¬ing of the displaced and the needy. “Feed a Billion Hungry People Around the World” initiative (Novem¬ber 2018): H.E. Dr. Al-Matouq adopted and launched this ambitious initiative that aims to feed a billion hungry people around the world. The initiative was implemented in cooperation with the United Nations and several international, local and regional organizations. It has resulted in more than 3 billion meals for the poorest of the poor. Global Interfaith Curiosity Alliance Conference February 2018: H.E. Dr. Al-Matouq announced the “Feed a Billion Hungry People Around the World” initiative at the Global Interfaith Curiosity Alliance Conference and Peacebuild¬ers and Peace Promoters in Muslim Communities in Washington, D.C. Delivered a lecture on “Humanitarian Action and the Role of Kuwait” (October 2017): His Excellency Dr. Al-Matouq delivered a lecture on “Human¬itarian Action and the Role of Kuwait” at the Doha Institute for Graduate Stud¬ies - Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Action in the State of Qatar His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Village to shelter Syrian refu¬gees (April 2017): H.E. Dr. Al-Matouq inaugurated the village of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, may God rest his soul, the former Emir of the State of Kuwait, to shelter Syrian refugees in Oncu Pinar camp - Ki¬lis city in the Republic of Turkey. Schools and humanitarian projects in Za’atari camp (April 2016 and September 2015): Opened primary schools and humanitarian projects in the Za’atari camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan. These projects support education and healthcare for refugee children. Visit to the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (Septem¬ber 2015): H.E. Dr. Al- Matouq visited the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center in Riyadh. This visit reflects the existing cooperation between the State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in supporting humanitarian issues. These visits and humanitarian activities reflect His Excellency Dr. Abdul¬lah Matouq Al-Matouq ‘s support for humanitarian issues and his tireless efforts to help the most needy people around the world. Values embodied by His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Al-Matouq His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Al-Matouq Al-Matouq is a prominent figure by all standards and holds a high position in the world of humanitarian work and national service. A lot to say to express the appreciation and respect of many people towards this wonderful person. Humanitarian: His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Al-Matouq is an example of a per¬son who has dedicated his life to the service of humanity. He has made great ef¬forts to alleviate the suffering of people in need and provide support to the poor and needy. Leader: His Excellency Dr. Al-Matouq has dedicated himself to leading and guiding humanitarian efforts to perfection. He has been a wise and inspiration¬al leader for many organizations and individuals. Visionary: H.E. Dr. Al-Matouq has a clear strategic vision in the field of hu¬manitarian work. He contributed to directing efforts towards achieving great humanitarian goals. Initiator: His Excellency Dr. Al-Matouq is an initiator, having launched many humanitarian initiatives that have made a difference in the lives of many people. Inspirational: His Excellency Dr. Al-Matouq can be described as an inspiration to all, as his story and achievements inspire others to work for good and achieve positive change in the world. Innovator: H.E. Dr. Al- Matouq was always innovative in seeking creative solu¬tions to human challenges. He used new ideas to improve the quality and effi¬ciency of humanitarian work. Diplomat: H.E. Dr. Al- Matouq has played a major diplomatic role in promot¬ing international cooperation in the field of humanitarian work and contribut¬ed to building strong relationships with many countries and international or¬ganizations. National figure: His Excellency Dr. Al-Matouq is considered a national figure in his country, as he has contributed significantly to the development and prog¬ress of the State of Kuwait. An example for young people: His Excellency Dr. Al-Matouq can be a role model for young people who seek to achieve excellence and serve the community. A symbol of humanity: His Excellency Dr. Al-Matouq is a symbol of human¬ity and humanitarianism, as he embodied the values of giving and compassion in his life.