Within the approval of announcing the establishment of the Arab Sports Council, H.H. Prince Talal bin Badr bin Saud bin Abdul Aziz - Chairman of the Arab Sports Council and UANOC chief (Union of Arab National Olympic Committees) nominated H.E. Prof Ismail Abdel Ghafar Ismail Farag - President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) to serve on the Board of the Arab Sports Council, due to his huge technical, administrative and developmental support on the personal level as well as through AASTMT.