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It also approved a cybersecurity memorandum of understanding between the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) and UNITAR’s Cybersecurity Office.","The Cabinet separately welcomed an OIC foreign ministers’ decision to establish a council of ministers for cybersecurity and designate Riyadh as the headquarters of its secretariat and executive office. 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İİT konseyi ve Riyad’daki merkezi, Bakanlar Kurulu’nun memnuniyetle karşıladığı ayrı bir İİT dışişleri bakanları kararıdır; kaynak bu kararın tarihini belirtmez."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2705941"],"title":{"ar":"قرارات مجلس الوزراء بشأن وجود UNITAR والأمن السيبراني","de":"Kabinettsbeschlüsse zu UNITAR und Cybersicherheit","en":"Cabinet decisions on UNITAR presence and cybersecurity","es":"Decisiones del Gabinete sobre UNITAR y ciberseguridad","fr":"Décisions du Cabinet sur la présence de l’UNITAR et la cybersécurité","pt":"Decisões do Gabinete sobre UNITAR e cibersegurança","tr":"Kabinenin UNITAR varlığı ve siber güvenlik kararları"},"type":"events","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:12:00Z"}],"version":1},"data_downloads":[{"formats":{"csv":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-cabinet-approves-unitar-cybersecurity-mou-2026/data/saudi-cabinet-approves-unitar-cybersecurity-mou-2026?lang=en&format=csv","json":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-cabinet-approves-unitar-cybersecurity-mou-2026/data/saudi-cabinet-approves-unitar-cybersecurity-mou-2026?lang=en&format=json"},"id":"saudi-cabinet-approves-unitar-cybersecurity-mou-2026"}],"data_types":["events"],"editorial_illustration":{"alt":"Conceptual illustration of technology, processors and connected information.","asset_id":"newsverum-v1-technology","avif_variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-480.avif","width":480},{"height":480,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-720.avif","width":720},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-960.avif","width":960},{"height":800,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-1200.avif","width":1200},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-1536.avif","width":1536}],"credit":"Newsverum","documentary":false,"height":1024,"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","language":"en","scope":"topic","url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-1536.webp","variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-480.webp","width":480},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-960.webp","width":960},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-1536.webp","width":1536}],"width":1536},"event_id":"event-ad04e238-ddb1-55cb-ae19-138a4e5c6375","event_period":"2026-10-20","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","id":"saudi-cabinet-approves-unitar-cybersecurity-mou-2026","image":null,"importance":0.6,"language":"en","modified_at":"2026-10-20T14:20:11+00:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","published_at":"2026-10-20T14:20:11+00:00","reading_minutes":1,"region":"world","section_illustration":{"alt":"Conceptual illustration of technology, processors and connected information.","asset_id":"newsverum-v1-technology","avif_variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-480.avif","width":480},{"height":480,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-720.avif","width":720},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-960.avif","width":960},{"height":800,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-1200.avif","width":1200},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-1536.avif","width":1536}],"credit":"Newsverum","documentary":false,"height":1024,"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","language":"en","scope":"section","url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-1536.webp","variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-480.webp","width":480},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-960.webp","width":960},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/technology-1536.webp","width":1536}],"width":1536},"slug":"saudi-cabinet-approves-unitar-cybersecurity-mou-2026","sources":[{"checkedAt":"2026-10-20","name":"Saudi Press Agency","publishedAt":"2026-10-20","url":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2705941"}],"summary":"The approvals cover a UNITAR office in the Kingdom and cooperation between the NCA and UNITAR’s Cybersecurity Office.","text":"The approvals cover a UNITAR office in the Kingdom and cooperation between the NCA and UNITAR’s Cybersecurity Office.\n\nSaudi Arabia’s Cabinet approved a headquarters agreement between the government and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to open an office in the Kingdom at its 20 October meeting. 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