"In the United States came to 19 in the list," said the report of the United Nations last week.
Commenting on the report of Riyad Moussa, UN Resident Coordinator in Saudi Arabia, said that growth in Saudi Arabia as the world's leading donor of humanitarian aid "is a great success and demonstrates the strong commitment of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, at the UN Millennium Development Goals .
"In the past few years, the emergence of Saudi Arabia as an important and growing force in global development and humanitarian initiatives, Said Musa. "The United Nations in Riyadh, praised the people for their solidarity with other countries, and is ready to take this program through cooperation and initiatives in the Kingdom and abroad."
In connection with the humanitarian gesture of the Government of Saudi Arabia, according to the report, not only resulted in Riyadh humanitarian donor, as a percentage of GDP, compared with the United States, but in comparison with the most generous European countries such as Sweden (0.14 percent) and Norway (0, 13 per cent).
"Many of the smaller European countries with large populations and, as a rule, the rich were also for the country's GDP," the report says.
The United Nations announced that it is a record deficit spending of $ 4.8 million dollars for its relief operations in 16 countries in crisis is due largely to a global economic recession, the poor suffer in the Third World.
UN says that less than half the 9.5 million dollars needed for the implementation of humanitarian operations in the year.
Nations on aid, the UN said that the number of help to asylum, in the year to 43 million to 28 million last year. As a result, more money is needed to care for them. The United Nations, said that amounts to $ 1.5 billion or 19 percent more money this year to support them.
John Holmes, UN humanitarian official start was, as quoted in the report that "a global recession with implications for the number of people who need it."
He said that people need extra assistance in the Palestinian territories because of the conflict with Israel this year.
But Holmes said that more dramatic in Pakistan.
"Pakistan is perhaps the most vivid and dramatic humanitarian situation this year, more than two million people fleeing the military operations in areas of North West Frontier Province of Pakistan," he added.
Other problems of Zimbabwe, who continue to suffer, unable to feed their populations.