6th regional meeting of the steering committee (RSC) of the OIE/FAO GF-TADs for the Middle East was held in Amman the 22nd of September 2013, on the margin of the 12ve conference of the OIE regional commission.

The main objective was to follow up activities implemented under this framework and to develop consensus on future actions, notably regarding terms of reference of the action plan and the recommendations of the 5 RSC meeting held in Dubai in April 2012, both items were ado Member Countries during relevant meetings. Participants elected bureau members, representatives from both organizations, FAO and OIE,and observers from France, USDA/APHIS, AU-IBAR, AOAD and Italy were present to discuss the agenda of the meeting.

The meeting started with a welcome address from Dr K.Alqahtani, the president of the RSC and from Dr Fulvio Biancifiori, as the secretariat of the Global GF-TADs representative.Dr. Fulvio Biancifiori, as the coordinator of the GF-TADs global secretariat reported on the global activities implemented in 2012-2013. He highlighted the meetings under GF-TADs flag contributing on the regional 5-years Action Plans.

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