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King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) was established by King Salman bin Abdulaziz in 2015. [1] The Supervisor General of the KSRelief is Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah. [2] The center was established in the framework of the Saudi’s efforts to alleviate the suffering of those in need worldwide. [3]
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator is a high-level position in the United Nations that heads the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The position has been held since October 2024 by Thomas Fletcher, the sixth Briton in a row to serve in the role.
The Ministry was established in 1961 under the name of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. [2] In 2004, The Ministry was separated into two independent ministries: the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Social Affairs. later, in 2015, the two ministers were merged into one ministry to become the Ministry of Labor and Social Development. [2]
The Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA) was established shortly thereafter by the Secretary-General, but in 1998, was merged into OCHA, which became the UN's main focal point on major disasters. [2] OCHA's mandate was subsequently broadened to include coordinating humanitarian response, policy development and humanitarian advocacy. Its ...
Welfare is an affiliate of the Muslim World League (MWL). A Saudi royal decree issued on January 29, 1979, approved the decision of MWL to form Welfare made in 1978. [3]It is a member of the International Islamic Council for Da'wah and Relief (IICDR), has observer status at Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation, consultative status at United Nations Economic and Social Council [12] (ECOSOC ...
It was founded in 1934 under the name Saudi Red Crescent Association, which was later amended to Saudi Red Crescent Authority in 2008. [1] By 2009, the Society had 447 First Aid Centers, run by 5,507 staff, with 1300 ambulances which are distributed in all hospitals and centres around the country.
Since the 1980s Saudi Arabia has provided foreign assistance to many countries and organizations. Between 1976 and 1987, Saudi developmental aid amounted to US$49 billion. [ 1 ] In 2006, it was reported that the country was the biggest per capita donor, though the aid had only been given to Muslim countries. [ 1 ]
In 2015, Saudi Arabia introduced reforms in an attempt to fix its laws and protect foreign workers. [47] Saudi Arabia was exposed by The Sunday Telegraph for detaining African migrants in a drive to control COVID-19. The newspaper received graphic mobile phone images, showing the miserable condition of the detained migrants.