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Mohammed Bin Rashid patronizes ‘Zayed Humanitarian Day’ ceremony

27 July 2013

  Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has ordered changing the name of the UAE Humanitarian Day to Zayed Humanitarian Day in a commemoration of the late Sheikh Zayed, the founding father of the UAE. Addressing the event held this evening for the first time at the Dubai World Trade Centre, H.H. Sheikh Mohammed paid homage to Sheikh Zayed. The event, which also saw an Iftar banquet, was attended by H. H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy ruler of Dubai and His Excellence Mohammed Ahmed Al Murr, Speaker of the Federal National Council, H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Aviation Authority and Chief Executive of Emirates Group, H.H. Sheikh Majed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in addition to a host of sheikhs, ministers and distinguished figures from the fields of economy, charity, education and media.