The State Department’s wider science diplomacy efforts in the Middle East have included sponsoring a conference of women scientists in Kuwait in early 2007 and developing a bilateral science and technology agreement with Libya. Here is the official signing ceremony for the US-Libyan Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement, which took place on the 3^rd of January, 2008*. It is the first official bilateral agreement signed since relations were reestablished between the US and Libya in 2004. Under this agreement, the State Department is coordinating a number of collaborative projects including water management, health care delivery, seismic monitoring, solar power and science education to promote the reintegration of Libyan scientists into the global science community.