It gives us great pleasure and honor to welcome you all in the 5th Gulf International Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the historic city of Jeddah. The Saudi Obstetrics and Gynecological Society is greatly honored to host this great and unique event with worldwide participation in the field of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and its subspecialties.We have great confidence that this conference will provide excellent opportunities for every researcher and clinician to share their invaluable experience, knowledge and techniques. We are proud to hold this congress with participation from respectable and reputable international organizations including RCOG, WHO, FIGO and FAGO. The interest shown by our colleagues in the Arab world to attend this international congress has generated responsibilities for us to make this event a memorable one for everyone, both academically and socially. We are awaiting with excitement to listen to a large number of International, Regional, and National speakers sharing their experiences across the day to day practice of the specialty and subspecialties. We are sure that every practicing Obstetrician and Gynecologist who is attending this congress is going to enjoy it! There will be two Awards, one of them for the best presentation submitted by the young gynecologists and the other one for the best presentation submitted to the congress. We are sure this will pose us with great difficulty of choice, as most of abstracts submitted are of high caliber. The wide variety of papers submitted from different parts of the world covers the whole spectrum of Obstetrics and Gynecological practice. The beauty and character of Jeddah is bound to impress our visitors from abroad. They must experience the nostalgia of the cool breeze in the shores of the Red Sea along the Corniche roads!.Once again, we are pleased to welcome you to this Congress with an academic, social and environmental excellence in one of the best months of the year in Jeddah.