This Day in Kuwait History

Kuwait City, September 24 (KUNA) — September 24:

1961 – The English-language newspaper *Kuwait Times* publishes its first issue, becoming the first daily political comprehensive newspaper in the Arab Gulf region.

1966 – The State of Kuwait approves the agreement establishing the Arab Organization for Standardization and Metrology, signed in Cairo on June 26, 1966, under the auspices of the League of Arab States.

1990 – The UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 669, requesting the Sanctions Committee to examine all requests for assistance submitted by countries facing economic difficulties due to their compliance with the embargo against Iraq following its invasion of Kuwait.

1992 – Kuwait exports its first shipment of oil from the “oil lakes,” which formed as a result of the Iraqi army burning oil wells during the brutal invasion of Kuwait.

1996 – Kuwait signs the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty within the framework of the 51st session of the UN General Assembly.

2010 – The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development provides a loan of 4.1 million dinars to Rwanda to help finance the development project of the Integrated Regional Technical Institute, aimed at enhancing social and economic development efforts in Rwanda.

2010 – Kuwait announces before the UN General Assembly at its 65th session that it will increase its annual voluntary contributions to several UN agencies, programs, and funds by approximately five times its previous contributions, in a bid to support these humanitarian activities.

2014 – The Kuwait Red Crescent Society launches a relief campaign for the Gaza Strip by dispatching 33 trucks loaded with humanitarian and medical aid.

2024 – The Cabinet approves a draft law-amending decree modifying certain provisions of Emiri Decree-Law No. 15 of 1959 on Kuwaiti Nationality. (End) M.B.R. / N.S.N.