Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

The idea of ​​establishing the Academy as a regional institute for maritime transport originated in the meetings of the Transportation Committee of the League of Arab States on March 11, 1970 with the issuance of the League of Arab States Council Resolution No. 2631/1970 in its fifty-third session approving the establishment of a regional center for training in maritime transport business. The Arab Republic of Egypt, on behalf of the Arab countries, to request technical assistance from the specialized organizations of the United Nations in the field of maritime transport for its establishment. At the end of 1971, the United Nations dispatched a joint committee of its concerned organizations to study the extent of the region's need for this project. It recommended the necessity of establishing a regional naval training institute and providing the necessary aid for it, and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) agreed..