KUWAIT, Sept 24 (KUNA) -- 1966 -- The State of Kuwait signed an agreement for the formation of the Arab Organization for specifications and standards, an Arab league offshoot, approved in Cairo on June 26, 1966.
1990 -- The UN Security Council approved unanimously resolution 669 that instructed the Sanctions Committee to look into all aid requests submitted by states that face economic difficulties due to adhering to the ban imposed on Iraq.
1992 -- Export of first load of oil extracted from lakes and slicks caused by the Iraqi aggression on the state of Kuwait.
1996 -- Then First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah signed the Nuclear Tests Ban Treaty, within the framework of the 51st National Assembly meeting.
2002 -- Kuwait signed a defense cooperation agreement with Australia.
2004 -- General Assembly of the Asian Handball Federation recommended Energy Minister Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as chairman of the union for 2004-2008 for the fourth consecutive time.
2007 -- Poet Abdulmohsen Al-Rushaid Al-Bader, activist Lulwa Al-Qatami, and culture expert Tareq Al-Sayed Rajab were granted the state's 2007 honorary prize. (end) gta