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Other 82.9%

Palestinian territory,occupied 6.2%

Syrian ArabRepublic 4.8%

Myanmar 2.1%Somalia 2.0%Sudan 2.0%

Palestinianterritory,occupied

83.7%

Other 5.8%Myanmar 5.2%

Albania 4.2%Iraq 1.0%

China57.7%

Tajikistan 10.0%Kyrgyzstan 7.0%

Myanmar 6.0%Serbia 4.9%Other 14.4%

Other69.4%

Yemen 14.3%China 10.5%

Sudan 2.8%Tajikistan 1.7%

Myanmar 1.4%

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emiratesand the Russian FederationSaudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait and the Russian Federation werethe four largest non-DAC donors of humanitarian assistance by volume in 2008,reporting US$727 million, US$107 million, US$96 million and US$35 millionthrough the FTS respectively. In 2006 and 2007, Saudi Arabia and the UAEdominated the humanitarian assistance flows from non-DAC countries, showingstrong support from the Gulf States as a region.

Saudi Arabias humanitarian affairs strategy is influenced by four distinct areas:

Gulf, Arab, Islamic and international circles.

The UAEs humanitarian approach is based on the idea that the foundation of Islamis to support people in disadvantaged situations and th at revenue from oil and gasshould contribute to poverty reduction. The UAE in particular supports Islamiccountries, most notably Palestine and Syria.

One of the six priorities of the Russian Federation in a ddressing global problemsis through enhanced international humanitarian cooperation and human rights.

Saudi Arabia727

212131

2008

2007

2006

0 200 400 600 800

UAE107

4544

Kuwait 961124

Russian Federation35

318

US$ million

Kuwait RussianFederation

SaudiArabia

95 727

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

0

UAE

99

Saudi Arabia's top 5 recipientcountries, 2008

Russian Federations top 5 recipientcountries, 2008

Kuwaits top 5 recipientcountries, 2008

UAE's top 5 recipientcountries, 2008

The four largest non-DACdonors gave most of theirhumanitarian assistanceoutside the CAP

Yemen was the toprecipient of humanitarianassistance from SaudiArabia the largest

non-DAC donor in 2008

Palestine/OPTwas thelargest recipient ofhumanitarian assistancefrom both Kuwait and UAEin 2008

The Russian Federation showed thelargest % growth rate inhumanitarian assistancecontributions reported by the topfour donors through the FTSbetween 2007 and 2008.

Its contributions went to a small

number of recipient countries with58% (or US$20m) going to China

1200%

1000%

800%

600%

400%

200%

0

-200%

Percentage change in humanitarian assistance contributions reported through the FTSfrom the four largest non-DAC donors

20072006

Saudi Arabia

UAE

Kuwait

Russian Federation2008

Data notes

All data taken from UN OCHA FTS, downloadedfrom ReliefWeb in April 2009

Supplementary data on CERF was downloadedfrom the UN OCHA CERF website May/June 2009

All data is expressed in current US$ millionunless otherwise stated

1084%Growth in humanitarianassistance expenditurereported by Russian Federationthrough the FTS, 2008

US$727mSaudi Arabias humanitarianassistance expenditure, 2008

US$33The amount of humanitarianassistance provided by eachKuwaiti citizen, 2008

US$million

TotalreportedthroughtheFTS

Otherfunding(outsidetheCAP)

UNflashand consolidatedappealfunding(insidetheCAP)

3235

96

727

107

Humanitarian expenditure, reported through the FTS,2008

Humanitarian assistance from the four largest non-DAC donors, reported through the FTS, 2006-2008