Israel's Mission to the United Nations on Monday hosted a special opening for the “Placing People at the Heart of Development” exhibit by MASHAV - Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation – in UN headquarters. The event also served as the launch of a joint publication by MASHAV and the UN Office for South-South Cooperation titled “South-South and Triangular Cooperation in Action: MASHAV – 60 Years of Development Cooperation.”
“Our commitment to development cooperation around the world results from the values cherished by the State of Israel and serves as one of the cornerstones of our foreign policy,” Ambassador Danon said ahead of the event. “We are proud of MASHAV and the programs they develop in cooperation with both individual countries and the UN as they inspire real change across the globe,” the Ambassador continued.
The exhibit tells the story in pictures of six decades of Israel’s international development cooperation program. Held in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the event also celebrates the special ties between the two countries and the thousands of Ethiopian professionals who have taken part in MASHAV programs over the years.