U.N. says Saudi Arabia gives $500 mln to WFP
May 23, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, May 23 (Reuters) -

Saudi Arabia has made what U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called an unprecedented contribution of $500 million to the World Food Program, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Friday.

"This contribution completes the World Food Program's appeal target of $755 million to respond to the rise in fuel and food costs," U.N. spokeswoman Marie Okabe told reporters.

"The secretary-general notes that this contribution of an unprecedented size and generosity comes not a moment too soon, given the needs of millions of people dependent on food rations," she said. (Reporting by Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Bill Trott)

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Saudi Arabia is just wasting its wasting its money by donating $500 million to the World food program, Saudia Arabia would be wise to invest the money in Pakistan instead!

if it was a donation to keep insects colonies alive in some lab , then yeah maybe you can call that a waste of money.

but doing good and saving starving humans from death is NOT a waste of money. KSA now gave $500 million to feed the starving people. maybe in the next few years we discover oil wells with a reservoir worth $500 billion or more.





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Aoa

It's good to hear that Saudi Arabia is helping the poor people starving - especially in this time of food shortage...



You are joking, right?

w/salaam

Very generous donation by the Saudis.

We Pakistanis need to get our agricultural sector up and properly going. We really need those dams built.

There should be no other country in the world recieving any Saudi money other than Pakistan! The simple reason being no other country has provived Saudia Arabia a nuclear detterent.

Infact Saudia Arabia and the GCC/OPEC should impose an oil embargo on India!

Pakistan does not provide a nuclear deterrent. Saudi Arabia can spend its money where ever it deems fit. WE have absolutely no say in what they can or cannot do with their resources.

My fear is that Saudia Arabia's oil resources will go the way of Iraq if they do not take enough caution.

Aoa



Are you serious?

They help us during hard times and then you are suggesting that we are doing them a favour by recieving their aid? lolz

We haven't done anything special for them - at least anything that gives us the exclusive right to their money...

I hope you were using sarcasm or something to convey some other message...

w/salaam

Aoa



And how would giving us money help them?

w/salaam