Saudi Arabia takes measures to enhance social protection of disabled

Saudi Arabia takes measures to enhance social protection of disabled
Saudi Arabia takes measures to enhance social protection of disabled

Mohammedbin Essam Khashan, third secretary of the Kingdom's permanent delegation to theUN, said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia had taken several measures to supportpeople with disabilities.

Thisaffirmation came during the Kingdom's speech at the UN headquarters in NewYork, which was delivered by Khashan.

Hesaid that the Kingdom has completed a comprehensive strategy to deal withpoverty, pointing out that the Kingdom has allocated $9.2 billion from itsannual budget for the Citizen Account Program, which is concerned withprotecting people from the repercussions of economic reforms, in addition tosocial security allocations.

Hehighlighted Saudi Arabia's efforts in the fields of economic development,health care, youth support, education and sustainable development.

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