The Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayyani extended congratulations, in his name and on behalf of the Secretariat General staff, to their excellence and highness leaders of GCC member states on the 31st anniversary to mark its inception. The GCC establishment has been announced in Abu Dhabi, the Emirates, on May 25, 1981. -- SPA