Saudi Cabinet approves UNITAR office and cybersecurity memorandum
The approvals cover a UNITAR office in the Kingdom and cooperation between the NCA and UNITAR’s Cybersecurity Office.
Event / data period: 2026-10-20
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Saudi 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. 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. That separate decision was made by the OIC foreign ministers, not by the Saudi Cabinet.
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Cabinet decisions on UNITAR presence and cybersecurity
Saudi Cabinet decisions concerning the UNITAR office agreement and NCA cybersecurity cooperation.
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Cabinet approves UNITAR headquarters agreement and NCA-UNITAR cybersecurity MoU
UNITAR may open an office in Saudi Arabia; cooperation with the NCA was approved through a memorandum.
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This records approvals by the Saudi Cabinet as stated by SPA. The OIC council and Riyadh headquarters are a separate OIC foreign-ministers decision that the Cabinet welcomed; the source does not state that decision’s date.
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