PRINCE FAISAL BIN ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ, HEAD OF THE SAUDI RED CRESCENT SOCIETY, VISITED HERE YESTERDAY PALAIS DES NATIONS WHERE HE MET WITH SERGEI ORDZHONIKIDZE, THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA AND TOURED THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE OFFICE. PRINCE FAISAL WAS ACCOMPANIED BY SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO SWITZERLAND ABDULWAHAB ATTAR. AFTERWARDS, HE VISITED THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES WHERE HE MET WITH ANTONIO GUTERRES, THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES AND DISCUSSED WITH HIM ISSUES CONCERNING AID TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN IRAQ, SOMALIA AND OTHER ARAB AND ISLAMIC COUNTRIES. DURING THE VISIT, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE SOCIETY ON BOOSTING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. THE TWO VISITS WERE PART OF PRINCE FAISAL'S CURRENT VISIT TO THE SWISS CITY OF GENEVA.
