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Moroccan diplomat named as new Secretary General of Union for the Mediterranean
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Moroccan diplomat Youssef Amrani has been appointed as the new Secretary General of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), a position vacant since the resignation in January of Jordanian Ahmed Massa'deh. A press release said the decision was made by consensus in line with the statutes of the institution. Mr. Amrani is expected to take office on 1 July 2011. Mr. Amrani was born in 1953 in the Moroccan city of Tangier. He is the current Secretary General of the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. In his diplomatic career, he has been Consul in Barcelona from 1992 until 1996 and Ambassador to Colombia, Chile and Mexico. The new Secretary General of the UfM Secretariat has participated actively in the creation of the Arab Maghreb Union. |
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UfM Secretariat: Palacio de Pedralbes Calle Fernando Primo de Rivera 11 08034 Barcelona Spain
(email: info@ufmsecretariat.org) Phone: +34 93 521 4100 ; Fax: +34 93 521 4102 |
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| News type | Nomination |
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http://www.ufmsecretariat.org/en/youssef-amrani-new-secretary-general-of-the-secretariat-of-the-union-for-the-mediterranean/ |
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| Source of information | ENPI Info Centre |
| Keyword(s) | Union for the Mediterranean, UfM, UpM |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
| Relation | http://www.semide.net/initiatives/mediterranean-union |
| Geographical coverage | Morocco,Spain,UfM, |
| News date | 26/05/2011 |
| Working language(s) | ARABIC , ENGLISH , FRENCH |
