The recipient of national and international prizes, and recognitions and prestigious awards, British Bangladeshi Mansoor Ahmad has been honoured with European Commission recognition. At the invitation of the European Commission, Mansoor Ahmad, who has been contributing voluntarily to humanitarian services for nearly a decade and half attended the third edition of the European Humanitarian Forum 2024 (EHF 2024), which took place from Monday 18th to Tuesday 19th March 2024, held in Flagey, Brussels, Belgium.
The EHF 2024 panels consisted of moderated discussions among the wider humanitarian-development community, including EU institutions, EU Member States, third countries, partner organisations, local humanitarian actors, UN agencies, the Red Cross/Red Crescent family, and academics. During his visit to Brussels to attend the European Humanitarian Forum 2024, Mansoor Ahmad, the holder of British National Honours, contributed to the various panel discussions of the EHF 2024 and met EU leaders, Belgian Ministers, Nobel Peace Prize (2018) winner Dr Denis Mukwege Mukengere, and representatives of European institutions and countries on the side-lines of the forum, exchanging views and ideas.
The two-day humanitarian forum was attended by Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium. The discussion topics included ‘Preventing and Mitigating Violence and Violations through Proactive Humanitarian Protection’, ‘The Ongoing Crisis in the Middle East, ‘The Rohingya Crisis’, ‘Protecting Civilians in Conflict and Recovery: Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas’, ‘The Link to Landmines and Explosive Ordnance Contamination’, ‘Delivering Humanitarian Aid in Crime Affected Environments’, ‘A Humanitarian and Development Partnership to Scale up Anticipatory Action’, ‘Northwest Nigeria: Neglecting a Humanitarian Response in a Fragile Context’, ‘Halving Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030 in the Humanitarian Sector’, ‘The Role of Innovative Financing’, and many more.