KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT GLOBAL APPEAL

That this House notes the words of Dr Abdul-Rahman Osman Younis, the health minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, that while the region is peaceful, the security situation in the rest of Iraq is impeding the supply of necessary materials, equipment and pharmaceuticals to the region; further notes the Minister's assessment that `our children suffer from one of the world's highest rates of heart disease and leukaemia and we lack the facilities to treat them'; and supports the global appeal launched by the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq for medical supplies since many of the region's 48 hospitals and 672 primary health care centres face a dire shortage of basic medicines and medical supplies, to ensure patients there receive required treatment.