Saudi Arabia stressed its absolute support for countries' right in development and said that development that is not based on respect of human rights is bound to fail. The remarks came in a speech delivered by Saudi permanent representative at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva Dr. Abdulwahab Attar before the Human Rights Committee's debate on right in development. Dr. Attar highlighted Saudi contribution to the finance of development efforts in the world. He explained that Saudi Arabia relieved a great number of poor countries of due debts totaling USD6 billion. Dr. Attar called on donor countries to help in relieving poor countries of the burden of foreign debts.
