KUWAIT CITY, July 31, (KUNA): The Cabinet held its weekly meeting here Sunday, as it reviewed the resolutions concerning Iraq’s remaining obligations towards the State of Kuwait in accordance with international resolutions. Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said that the meeting, chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, touched on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq’s (UNAMI) report to the UNSC’s meeting on July 19, 2011. The Cabinet welcomed the report’s calls for Iraq to fulfill its obligations towards Kuwait, especially concerning the issues of missing persons, Kuwaiti properties, borders and other topics, said Sheikh Dr Mohammad.
The Cabinet, said Sheikh Mohammad, also touched on draft papers prepared by the Cabinet’s legal committee, in regards to the establishment of a Kuwaiti center for careers’ evaluation and the GCC strategic dialogue with China. The Cabinet have also reviewed a draft paper concerning the addition of a new item to Article 28 of the 1996 law governing the pharmaceutical business in Kuwait, said the minister, adding that the results of the meeting would be forwarded to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and parliament for approval.

Furthermore, the official said that the Cabinet also took the chance to congratulate the country’s leadership and people, as well as Arab and Muslim worlds, on the advent of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
The Cabinet’s meeting also touched on the 21st anniversary of the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in August 2, 1990, thanking all Arab, Muslim, and world nations who participated in the liberation of Kuwait.
The Cabinet discussed letters on bilateral relations sent by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to HH the Amir, said Sheikh Mohammad.
He said that the Cabinet expressed its condolences to Morocco’s King Mohammad VI on the unfortunate incident that resulted in the deaths and injuries of air-force personnel in a plane crash.
The Kuwaiti Cabinet on Sunday discussed means to accommodate some 2,095 high school students, who after completing all necessary credentials, were refused entry to the fully-occupied public Kuwait University.
After a weekly Cabinet session, Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education, Ahmad Al-Mulaifi told KUNA that strict instructions to solve the current crisis and future ones that may occur, have been given to Kuwait University, the Ministry of Higher Education, the General Secretariat of the Private Universities Council and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training.
He said that 1,000 out of the total number will be able to enroll into the state university the following second semester.

The Ministry of Higher Education will be able to accept 300 students in its overseas scholarships, which include 24 vacant positions for medical sciences in Bahrain.
Some 299 will be provided with grants in private universities across the country, while the remaining number will have the option whether or not to enroll this semester into the colleges and institutes of the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training.
The minister added that he had explained to the Cabinet the reasons of this crisis, and that the issue was one that had resulted from accumulations of past problems that started around ten years ago.
Meanwhile, Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah underscored here on Sunday the importance of the third report of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the progress made towards fulfilling the responsibilities entrusted to the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) submitted to the Security Council at its meeting held on July 19.
Sheikh Mohammad told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the report reflects the concern of the UN towards Iraq’s implementation of its obligations stipulated by Security Council resolutions and show the failures of Iraq in this file, in addition to emphasizing the elements that enter into the interests of Kuwait and the position of the international organization towards them.
He stressed in this regard that the importance of the report lies in its focus on several things; first, non-confirmation of Iraq’s willingness to do the maintenance of border signs between Kuwait and Iraq, its failure to pay its share of this project and the notice made by the Secretary General to the Iraqi government in this matter with no response.

The second matter is the Secretary General’s strictness on the importance of Iraq’s commitment to compensate Iraqi farmers under Security Council resolution 899, where the Iraqi government is still dragging its feet in the removal of violating farms on the Kuwaiti borders and the payment of compensation and amounts deposited in the account of the United Nations since 1996.
Sheikh Dr Mohammad pointed out that the third point of focus in the report is the reminder of the Secretary General to the Iraqi government on the importance of proving to the Security Council of the achievement of significant and rapid progress on the remaining obligations related to Kuwait and specifically the issue of missing Kuwaitis and lost property, as well as the project maintenance of border signs and the issue of compensation to Iraqi farmers.
In this context, Sheikh Dr Mohammad said “if Iraq wanted to get out of the umbrella of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, it must implement its obligations referred to in the report.” Meanwhile, Sheikh Mohammad, and prior to the issuance of this report, had sent a letter to Ban Ki-moon on July 11, relating to the unmet obligations by Iraq pursuant to Security Council resolutions relevant under Chapter VII of the UN Charter under the item “The situation between Iraq and Kuwait and in particular resolutions 687,1991, 833, 1993, 1284, 1999, 1956 and 2010.