United Nations, Dhu-AlHijjah 08, 1437, September 09, 2016, SPA -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today confirmed its keenness to adopt the international vision to achieve sustainable development in line with its principles and values, citing its generous contributions to the United Nations Development Programme in this regard. This came in the speech of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today before the Executive Board meeting for the adoption of the Country Program Document of the United Nations Development Programme for the period 2017-2021 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The speech was delivered by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Kingdom Saad bin Abdullah Al-Saad. Al-Saad highlighted the significance of the Kingdom Vision 2030 and stated that "the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is at the forefront of contributors to the United Nations Development Programme as its contributions to the program over the past five years reached nearly USD180 million." --SPA 01:56 LOCAL TIME 22:56 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w