Yemen elected as member in AOAD executive council

SANA'A, May 02 (Saba) - Yemen has
elected as a member of the executive council of the Arab Organization for
Agricultural
Development (AOAD).
The statement was made by the Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Mansour
al-Hawshabi upon his arrival home after his participation in the 31st session of
the General
Assembly of the AOAD held in Algeria.
Al-Hawshabi added that the council also elected Dr. Ahmed Abdul-Wali al-Samawi as a
deputy of AOAD director general.
He said that the meeting has discussed issues, topped by the organization's action
plan for 2010 - 2011 and following up the implementation of the agricultural
development
strategy in Arab world and the emergency program of Arab Food Security for 2010-2015.
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