The State of Kuwait marks 62nd Independence Anniversary on Monday Jun. 19,1961, which represents an important day in the history of Kuwait as it marks the signing of the independence document ending the British protection treaty and the emergence of the modern state.

On this day, Kuwait, a newly independent sovereign state, took its first steps in the journey of development.

Over the past 62 years, Kuwait had become reputable for its humanitarian contributions and its levelheaded foreign policy and remained on a steady path of preventative diplomacy, crises mediation and effort contributing to solving outstanding regional and international issues.

New departments were established in order to cope with the development of the nation, like public works, health, publication, knowledge, municipality, post and telephone, electricity and water, social affairs, Awqaf, radio and television.

At that time, the State of Kuwait accomplished 43 laws and legislation, including the nationality law, monetary law, passports law and the organization of government departments.

Source: Qatar News Agency