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Kuwait Government Links
1 Kuwait
Investment Authority
Organisation set up under the auspices of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Finance;
functions include managing and developing the General Reserve, the assets of
the Future Generations Fund as well as any other funds entrusted to it by
the finance ministry
2 Ministry
of Education
Web site is in Arabic
3 Ministry
of Energy
Official web site of the ministry earlier known as the Ministry of Oil;
provides information about the ministry and its various functions and also
about the petroleum industry
4 Ministry
of Finance
Official web site of the Kuwaiti ministry of finance
5 Ministry
of Information
Site is in Arabic; provides links to Radio Kuwait FM 103.7, FM 87.9, FM
99.7, FM 92.5, Kuwait TV Channel 1, Channel 3, and Channel 5
6 Ministry
of Interior
Site is in Arabic
7 State
of Kuwait -- National Assembly
Official web site of the assembly; site has details of the constitution of
Kuwait, election laws, functions of the assembly and so on
8 Amiri
Diwan (Al-Diwan Al-Amiri)
Headquarters and permanent centre of the country's rulers which is situated
in Al Seif Palace; site has info about the Amir, his CV, His Highness's
speeches, the minister of Al-Diwan Al-Amiri etc
9 Environment
Public Authority
State environment protection organisation; works closely with other federal
agencies and local governments to develop and enforce regulations under
existing environmental laws
10 Informative
Publication Department
Department under the ministry of information that publishes books &
other material relating to Kuwait
11 Kuwait
Municipality
Web site of the Kuwait Municipality; site is in Arabic
12 Ministry
of Communications
Web site of the Kuwaiti ministry; site provides details of services offered
and codes & tariffs
13 Ministry
of Health
Site under construction at time of cataloguing
14 Ministry
of Justice
Site is in Arabic
15 Ministry
of Planning
Official web site of the Kuwaiti ministry; site has statistics on a variety of
areas, including population, agriculture, industry, finance, banking etc
16 Ministry
of Public Works
Web site is in Arabic
17 PAAC
Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation for Damages Resulting from
Iraqi Aggression; independent government body; primary role is to assess
losses and damages resulting from the Iraqi invasion and occupation
18 Public
Authority of Agriculture and Fish Resources
Government agency in charge of agriculture and fish resources; site is in
Arabic
19 State
Audit Bureau
Kuwaiti government department that maintains control over public funds;
examines revenues, expenditure, personnel affairs, tenders, commitments,
advances and loans granted by the state and so on
20 The
Awqaf Ministry
Ministry of religious affairs
21 The
Diwan of the Prime Minister
Web site of the office of the prime minister, Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed
Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
22 Zakat
House
Independent government organisation that collects Zakat and distributes it to
charities; web site has information on its projects & activities in Kuwait
& beyond
23 Kuwait
Information Office
Organisation set up by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information in Washington D.C.,
USA, to provide Americans information about Kuwait; site has country profile,
articles, fact sheet, press releases, links to other Kuwaiti sites etc
24 The
National Committee for Missing & Prisoners of War -- Kuwait
Main task is to raise awareness around the world about Kuwait's POW issue;
gives details about POWs -- occupation, nationality, gender and so on
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