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• AlertNet - Saudi Arabia
• Amnesty International - Saudi Arabia
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Saudi Arabia
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Saudi Arabia
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Kuwait
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Saudi Arabia
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Saudi Arabia
• ReliefWeb - Saudi Arabia
• UNHCR - Saudi Arabia
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Saudi Arabia
• United States Department of State - Saudi Arabia
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Saudi Arabia