[1] His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Emir of the state of Bahrain at the time, issued Amiri Decree No.

2 of 1975 establishing a Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, headed by His Highness Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force.

Pursuant to this Decree, the General Organization for Youth and Sports was established, affiliated with the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, and is considered its executive body and assumes the duties of its General Secretariat.

It is responsible for proposing and implementing plans, projects and programmes for childhood, youth and sports services in accordance with the decisions and recommendations of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports in cooperation with relevant bodies and authorities in these fields.

2 of 1975 establishing a Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, and the laws, regulations, decisions and systems in force in the Kingdom, with the transfer of all employees of the organization with the same rights and job benefits to the ministry.