20), the Spring Meetings of the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, stressing that the continued strong performance of the Saudi economy with the support of government investment through large projects on the infrastructure and social sectors led the International Monetary Fund to raise the forecast for economic growth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. On the local front, the Minister of Culture and Information pointed out that the Cabinet discussed a number of conferences, meetings and scientific, cultural, medical, economic and technical seminars that took place in various regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the past few days, including the 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Higher Education in which 372 universities of 50 countries participated. Dr. Khoja said the Cabinet then reviewed a number of issues on its agenda and issued the following decisions: The Cabinet authorized the Foreign Minister - or his deputy - to discuss with the United Nations Development Program the proposed amendments to its Headquarters Agreement and report on the outcome for the completion of the legal procedures. --More
