The Council of Ministers approves the recommendations of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research regarding the return of the headquarters of the Union of Arab Scientific Research Councils to Iraq, as follows:

1. The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to prepare the headquarters of the Union of Arab Scientific Research Councils in Iraq, by carrying out the restoration and rehabilitation of the building, and completing the furnishing requirements, allowing it to practice its activity, and from the revenues of the Higher Education Fund at the Ministry’s headquarters.

2. Instruct the Ministry of Finance that Iraq’s contributions be 50% of the annual budget of the Union, starting from the fiscal year 2025.

3. Instruct the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to facilitate the procedures of the employees of the Union of Arab Scientific Research Councils.

4. Private universities provide the necessary support to the Union in accordance with the Private Higher Education Law No. 25 of 2016.