Returning the Headquarters of the Union of Arab Scientific Research Councils to Iraq

The Council of Ministers approved the recommendations of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research regarding returning the headquarters of the Union of Arab Scientific Research Councils to Iraq, as follows:
1. The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research prepares the headquarters of the Union of Arab Scientific Research Councils in Iraq, by carrying out restoration and rehabilitation of the building, and completing furnishing requirements, allowing it to carry out its activity, and from the revenues of the Higher Education Fund at the Ministry’s headquarters.
2. Instructing the Ministry of Finance that Iraq’s contributions be 50% of the annual federal budget, starting from the fiscal year 2025.
3. Instructing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to facilitate the procedures for employees of the Union of Arab Scientific Research Councils.
4. Private universities provide the necessary support to the Union in accordance with the Private Higher Education Law No. 25 of 2016.