This Day in Kuwait History

November 2 ---------------- 1962 - Kuwait joins the United Nations World Meteorological Organization. 2001 - The United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution proposed by Kuwait designating November 6 of each year as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, to protect it from pollution of water wells, burning of crops, deforestation, soil poisoning, and killing of animals. 2005 - Dr. Ghanim Al-Najjar, a political science professor at Kuwait University, is elected as a member of the United Nations Panel of Experts, becoming the first Arab to be elected to the body. 2008 - The Ministry of Interior receives 40 young women representing the first cohort of the Kuwaiti Women’s Police Force, holding university degrees, diplomas, and secondary school certificates, at the Support Body Institute (Women’s Police). 2008 - The United Nations Alliance of Telecommunications Initiatives selects engineer Manar Al-Hushash as an ambassador for youth and information and communications technology. 2013 - Al-Kuwait Club achieves a historic milestone at the Asian level by winning the AFC Cup for the third time in its history, defeating Al-Qadsiah Club 2-0 in the final match. 2015 - Kuwait is elected Vice-President of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, for the first time since the conference’s inception in Jordan in 2006. 2017 - The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signs two grant agreements with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) worth 1.659 million Kuwaiti dinars to contribute to efforts to combat cholera and hunger. 2025 - The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signs a grant agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross worth 2.5 million US dollars to contribute to a project providing health services and clean water to communities affected by conflict in Somalia. M.B.R. / N.S.N.