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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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Hans Grundberg, the U.N. special representative for Yemen, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt, on Aug. 28, 2023. (AP)
Hans Grundberg, the U.N. special representative for Yemen, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt, on Aug. 28, 2023. (AP)

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The agreement was announced by the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, on Tuesday.

Albudaiwi expressed the GCC's support for all regional and international efforts and the efforts led by the UN special envoy aimed at achieving peace and security in Yemen.

The announcement underscores the importance the international community attaches to the Yemeni crisis, he added, hoping the agreement will pave the way for Yemeni parties to start the political process, under UN auspices, to reach a comprehensive political solution that achieves security and stability in the country.

He reiterated the GCC's continued support and full solidarity with Yemen, its government and people, and its keenness to encourage all efforts to de-escalate and maintain stability in order to reach peace.