The International Medical Congress in Budapest has granted the Award of Excellence for Humanitarian Action in 2009 to Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier, Minister of Interior, and general supervisor of humanitarian and relief committees and campaigns in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in recognition of his humanitarian role through humanitarian and relief committees and campaigns in affected states. Prince Naif is the first Arab and Islamic personality to win the Award. On behalf of the Second Deputy Premier, Saudi Ambassador to Hungary Faisal Abdulaziz Hashem received the Award, during the International Medical Conference held in Budapest today in which more than 82 states participated as well as a large number of prominent personalities in humanitarian and medical field. The Award is annually granted to a prominent personality in humanitarian action and focuses on the medical side. The award came in recognition of the efforts of Prince Naif through relief committees and campaigns that are supervised by the Prince and they have provided programs and humanitarian projects in Palestine, Iraq, East Asian countries affected by the earthquake and tsunami, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Lebanon. The social, health, educational and developmental programs and projects as well as reconstruction of the infrastructure have cost SR 1,661,496,309.
