UN General Assembly
2014

Since winning its independence and joining the global Organization, the State of Kuwait has never been far removed from the crises and challenges facing the world. Our founding fathers defined a purely humanitarian approach to helping the needy and restoring hope to those who have lost it, bypassing the traditional bases for giving, which were largely rooted in geographic location, ethnic origin or political affiliation. Their sons have followed that approach, giving greater priority to contemporary trends through the pillars that define our foreign policy. That commitment rests on devising and developing methods for providing assistance and aid to the majority of the world’s countries by promoting activities that would support the message of the United Nations in creating a world in which security and stability prevail, and people live in peace and prosperity. The establishment in 1961 of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development was an expression of the sincere desire of the State of Kuwait to support the development efforts of Arab States and friendly countries by providing soft loans and technical