The committee reviewed the latest developments in the projects to repair long-term damage left by the war on a number of onshore and offshore sites in the Kingdom.

The committee was chaired by President-General for Environment and Sustainable Development Samir Ghazi and included Deputy Director of Finance and Administration Abdullah Al-Ghamdi and other PME officials.

Al-Ghamdi confirmed PME is working to implement the project to repair the damaged areas. These projects have entered the second phase and will focus on rehabilitating the damaged areas, cleaning the shores of the eastern region and removing the effects of pollution.

PME aims to end work to rehabilitate the marine and land environment in the Kingdom by 2014. The presidency will also monitor the affected areas over 20 years to ensure the success of these projects.

"PME completed reforming the damaged land areas and developing the concept of islands and re-germination by defining the ideal sites for germination," said Al-Ghamdi.

A UN delegation visited the Kingdom to review projects in the damaged areas.

The committee included 20 members such as environment experts and legal advisers and they reviewed the progress achieved by the Kingdom in the rehabilitation and repair of damaged coastal and land areas, according to a PME statement.

The Kingdom has recently started rehabilitating the affected areas of the Gulf War through coastal reform and an onshore and offshore environmental program.

The Gulf war affected the desert environment along the border of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq, as well as marine and coastal environments that were razed and destroyed by oil spills.

The reform program implemented by the PME through a number of national and international companies include establishing vegetation islands to provide seed sources and work on the natural recovery of these areas.