Addis Ababa, April 14, 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi Republic (SADR) on Monday elected to membership of the Bureau of the African Specialized Technical Committee on Health, Population and Drug Control, representing North Africa region, consisting of 6 countries.
In a meeting of AU member states’ experts on health, population and drug control, Dr. Jalil Lasid, from the SADR, was elected as the 3th deputy chair of the aforementioned specialized committee.
Ahead of the ministerial meeting, experts adopted draft rules and procedures of the Committee and African united stance on development.
The office of the committee is composed of five countries representing the five regions of the continent; South Africa (president), Sierra Leone (1st vice), Burundi (2nd vice), Saharawi Republic (3rd vice) and Ethiopia (rapporteur). (SPS)
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