KUWAIT, Sept 24 (KUNA) --
1990 -- The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 669 for aiding nations suffering from economic hardships due to enforcing the embargo in Iraq for its aggression on Kuwait.
1992 -- Kuwait exports the first shipment of oil extracted from the crude puddles, formed when the Iraqi occupation forces torched oil fields.
1996 -- First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah signs the international treaty for prohibiting nuclear tests.
2010 -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development lends Rwanda USD 12.3 million for renovating the integrated regional technical institute that advocates boosting development in the country.
2010 -- Kuwait declares hiking its annual contributions, five times, to a number of UN funds and agencies.
2014 -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society dispatches 33 truckloads of aid to Gaza. (end) rk