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Crown Prince Orders Formation of Board of Directors of King Saud University

Youssef bin Abdullah Al-Bunyan is briefed on the projects at the university during a visit to the institution earlier this year. (SPA)
Youssef bin Abdullah Al-Bunyan is briefed on the projects at the university during a visit to the institution earlier this year. (SPA)
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Crown Prince Orders Formation of Board of Directors of King Saud University

Youssef bin Abdullah Al-Bunyan is briefed on the projects at the university during a visit to the institution earlier this year. (SPA)
Youssef bin Abdullah Al-Bunyan is briefed on the projects at the university during a visit to the institution earlier this year. (SPA)

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, issued on Tuesday a Supreme Order to form the Board of Directors of the King Saud University.

The move is in line with a Royal Order to transform the university into an independent non-profit academic institution under the auspices of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC).

The Supreme Order named Youssef bin Abdullah Al-Bunyan as Chairman of the Board of Directors, with the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development serving as Vice Chairman.

Other members of the board include the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, the Minister of Transport and Logistics Services, the Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, the President of King Saud University, the President of the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence (SDAIA), Fahd Bin Abdulmohsen Al-Rasheed, the CEO of King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Governor of the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monsha'at), the CEO of Riyadh Non-Profit Foundation, the President of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), the CEO of the Saudi Tourism Authority (STA), the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Chambers of Commerce, the representative of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Salman bin Mutaib Al-Sudairi, Tal bin Hisham Nazer, and Jomana bint Rashid Al-Rashid.

Al-Bunyan praised the Saudi leadership’s support to university education in the Kingdom.

He stressed the board’s keenness on achieving a qualitative shift at the university in terms of quality of education and research in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.

RCRC CEO Ibrahim Al-Sultan praised the support shown by the Saudi leadership towards the education sector.

The transformation of the university into an independent non-profit academic institution will allow it to achieve its ambitious goals to become one of the world’s leading universities by 2030, he added.

The university aims to become a pioneering institution, regionally and globally, to help develop the national economy in line with development and growth process underway in the Kingdom.

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Saudi Arabia Emphasizes Peaceful Cooperation to Achieve Global Security

Ambassador Abdul Mohsen bin Khothaila speaks during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. (Photo: Saudi Mission in Geneva)
Ambassador Abdul Mohsen bin Khothaila speaks during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. (Photo: Saudi Mission in Geneva)
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Saudi Arabia Emphasizes Peaceful Cooperation to Achieve Global Security

Ambassador Abdul Mohsen bin Khothaila speaks during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. (Photo: Saudi Mission in Geneva)
Ambassador Abdul Mohsen bin Khothaila speaks during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. (Photo: Saudi Mission in Geneva)

Saudi Arabia emphasized peaceful international cooperation as a means to achieve global prosperity, stability and security, stressing the importance of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the necessity of its full implementation.

Ambassador Abdul Mohsen bin Khothaila, the Permanent Saudi Representative to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva, participated in the second session of the Preparatory Committee for the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference.

The ambassador called for more effective international efforts to achieve the goals and universality of the NPT, urging non-party states to join the treaty and subject all their nuclear facilities to the comprehensive safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Affirming the right to the peaceful use of nuclear technology under Article 4 of the Treaty, he underlined the importance of adhering to the highest standards of transparency and reliability, calling on all parties to cooperate to promote peaceful use for the benefit of global development and well-being.

He stated that the responsibility for making the Middle East a nuclear-weapon-free zone lies with the international community, especially the sponsors of the 1995 resolution on the Middle East.

Bin Khothaila condemned the recent statements and threats made by a member of the Israeli government regarding the use of nuclear weapons against the Palestinians, describing his words as violations of international law and a threat to global peace and security.

He further called for intensifying cooperation between the parties to the NPT to attain positive results at the next “review conference” in 2026, with the aim of achieving a safe world free of nuclear weapons.