UN Tourism is a specialized agency of the United Nations which promotes responsible, sustainable and universally-accessible tourism. Its headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. Other offices include: a Regional Support Office for Asia and the Pacific in Nara, Japan and a Regional Office for the Middle East in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council, is a regional, intergovernmental, political, and economic union comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The council's main headquarters is located in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The Charter of the GCC was signed on 25 May 1981, formally establishing the institution.
Daegu, formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in southeastern South Korea.
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2150000 km2, making it the fifth-largest country in Asia and the largest in the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off its east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland, steppe, and mountains. The capital and largest city is Riyadh; the kingdom also hosts Islam's two holiest cities of Mecca and Medina.
Kyungpook National University is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities representing Gyeongbuk Province in South Korea. It is located in the Daegu, which used to be the capital city of the Gyeongbuk Province, South Korea before allocating Government of Gyeongsangbuk-do to Andong.
Narmada Bachao Andolan is an Indian social movement spearheaded by native tribals (adivasis), farmers, environmentalists and human rights activists against a number of large dam projects across the Narmada River, which flows through the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat is one of the biggest dams on the river and was one of the first focal points of the movement. It is part of the Narmada Dam Project, whose main aim is to provide irrigation and electricity to people of the above states.
Medha Patkar is a convicted politician and activist working on certain political and social issues raised by tribals, dalits, farmers, labourers and women facing injustice in India. She is an alumna of TISS, a premier institute of social science research in India..
The World Water Forum is one of the largest water-related gathering that is jointly organized by the World Water Council and a co-host city that takes place every three years.
Saudi Arabia is the second biggest tourist destination in the Middle East with over 16 million visiting in 2017. Although most tourism in Saudi Arabia still largely involves religious pilgrimages, there is growth in the leisure tourism sector. As the tourism sector has been largely boosted lately, the sector is expected to a significant industry for Saudi Arabia, reducing its dependence on oil revenues. This is proved as tourism sector is expected to generate $25 billion in 2019. Potential tourist areas include the Hijaz and Sarawat Mountains, Red Sea diving and a number of ancient ruins.
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an independent think tank founded in 1990 working to shape and inform international policy on sustainable development governance. The institute has three offices in Canada - Winnipeg, Ottawa, and Toronto, and one office in Geneva, Switzerland. It has over 150 staff and associates working in over 30 countries.
The King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, mostly referred to as "The International Dialogue Centre – KAICIID" and globally known by its abbreviation, KAICIID, is an inter-governmental organization that promotes interreligious and intercultural dialogue to prevent and resolve conflict. It was established in Vienna, Austria, but relocated to Lisbon, Portugal on 1 July 2022.
The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, also known as Ithra, is a cultural centre situated in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It was built by Saudi Aramco and inaugurated by King Salman bin Abdulaziz on December 1, 2016.
Qiddiya is a planned entertainment and tourism megaproject in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Construction started in the beginning of 2019. It planned to open in 2023, though as of 2024 major projects including the Six Flags, the waterpark, and the racetrack are incomplete. It is part of the Saudi Vision 2030 program, which aims to diversify the Saudi economy.
The 2027 AFC Asian Cup will be the 19th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament involves 24 national teams after the expansion in 2019. It will be held in January 2027 in Saudi Arabia.
The 2025 IHF Men's Youth World Championship will be the 11th edition of the championship to be held in Slovenia under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It will be first time in history that the championship will be organised by Handball Federation of Slovenia.
Islamic Centre for Development of Trade is an intergovernmental organization and one of the seven subsidiary organs of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation entrusted with the promotion of trade, economic development and commercial cooperation in public and private sectors across the 57 member states.
The 2022 China-Arab States Summit was the 1st summit of the heads of state and representatives of 21 countries of the Arab League, and the head of state of the People's Republic of China. It was held on 9 December 2022, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Deemah AlYahya is a Saudi digital economy expert and a tech diplomat. As of 2021, she holds the position of Secretary-General of the Digital Cooperation Organization, an international intergovernmental organization founded in 2020 by Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia as a multilateral organization focusing on international cooperation towards achieving inclusive and sustainable global digital economy. She is the founding Secretary-General of the organization, and the first Saudi woman to hold the secretariat of an international organization.
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