Marine Sciences Center representing Iraq, at, participated in the fourth virtual meeting of the Board of Directors of UNESCO - Regional Center for West Asia, held in the capital, Tehran, on Monday 12-1  - 2021 following an invitation from the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission for the purpose of taking action for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)  The paragraphs of the meeting were reviewed in the presence of the Assistant Director-General of UNESCO and the President of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission from Paris and the Director General of the Institute of Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences in Tehran in addition to the presence of the Director General of the Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services and the Director General of Meteorology in the Sultanate of Oman  The Director-General of the National Institute of Oceanography in Pakistan and the head of the Perth Oceanographic Program Office are from Australia, the Executive Vice President of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission from Paris and the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to UNESCO from Paris.