Today in Kuwait's history

KUWAIT, Oct 23 (KUNA) -- 1972 -- State of Kuwait government sent eight observers to work under Arab League's conciliation committee to monitor a ceasefire between warring parties in Yemen. Kuwait became the second country after Algeria that agreed to send observers.
1977 -- UN General Assembly elected State of Kuwait to represent the Asian Group in the UN Security Council for 1978-79 for the first time in the Gulf country's history.
1990 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah met with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to discuss Iraq's invasion and occupation of the State of Kuwait.
2009 -- Talal Al-Ayyar, former MP and ex-Minister of Electricity and Water, and Social Affairs and Labor, passed away at age of 50.
2013 -- Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) inaugurated Nghi Son project for refining and petrochemicals in Vietnam at the cost of USD nine billion.
2017 -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed a grant agreement worth USD four million with World Health Organization (WHO) to help in the eradication of tropical diseases in Africa.
2017 -- State of Kuwait donated USD 15 million at an international donor conference in Geneva to alleviate the sufferings of Rohingya refugees.
2021 -- KPI supplied Gatwick Airport in London, Britain, with the first shipment of sustainable fuel oil.
2022 -- Kuwait's State Audit Bureau (SAB) won membership in three committeess in the The Arab Organization for Supreme Audit Institutions (ARABOSAI) for a three-year term.
2024 -- Kuwait Capital Markets Authority (CMA) announced earning the international standardization certificate (ISO/IEC) in the realm of information technology services. (end) bs