KUWAIT, Aug 27 (KUNA)
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1963 -- Mikhail Jirkasov presented his credentials to the Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah as the first ambassador of the Soviet Union to Kuwait.
1967 -- The Society for Social Workers was declared to promote social affairs, staff interests.
1995 -- The State of Kuwait celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.
2001 -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan appointed Dr. Ghanem Al-Najjar to be his personal representative to follow up on the issue of human rights in Somalia.
2005 -- The Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued a decree establishing the Kuwait-China Investment Co. with a capital of KD 80 million.
2005 -- The Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued a decree approving the Copenhagen Declaration on Anti-Doping in Sport. (end) gta