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Regional Representation For the Middle East
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Work of the OIE Regional Commissions in terms of Animal
Production Food SafetyTraining of OIE Focal Points
Kuwait, 2-4 February 2010
Dr Ghazi YehiaOIE Regional Representative
World Organisation for Animal Health
• An intergovernmental Organisation
• Founded in 1924 by28 countries
• Predates the U.N.
Common name adopted by the
International Committee on May 2003
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175 Members (January 2010)
AmericasAmericas: 29 : 29 –– AfricaAfrica: 51 : 51 –– Europe: 53 Europe: 53 –– MiddleMiddle--East: 20 East: 20 –– Asia: 35Asia: 35
Some Members belong to more than one RegionSome Members belong to more than one Region
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Regional CommissionsRegional Commissions
� AFRICA
� AMERICAS
� ASIA, FAR EAST and OCEANIA
� EUROPE
� MIDDLE EAST
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Panama City, Panama
Asia, Far East and Oceania
AfricaGaborone, Botswana
Tunis, Tunisia Eastern Africa (2009?)
Bamako, Mali
Americas Buenos Aires, Argentina
Middle East Beirut, Lebanon
EuropeBrussels, Belgium
Sofia, Bulgaria
Bangkok, Thailand
Tokyo, Japan
OIE Regional and SubOIE Regional and Sub--Regional RepresentationsRegional Representations
Beijing, China?
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The role of OIE Regional Commissions in terms of Animal Production Food Safety
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Animal Production Food Safety - OIE objectives
• Consider all food hazards of animal origin before
slaughter and primary processing of products
• Emphasis on measures applicable at farm level
• Ensure food safety is taken note of in all OIE work
• Consider other standard setting bodies’ work
(cooperation with Codex)
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Objectives of OIE Regional Commissions
• The main objective of each OIE RegionalCommission is to tackle specific problemsrelevant to the veterinary services and establishcooperation between these services at theregional level to improve the quality of VeterinaryServices in accordance with the OIE standards
• An other objective is to strenghten intersectoral collaborations at the regional level between thenational VS and other sectors involved in Public Health and Animal Health with the coordination of international and/or regional agencies
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The Role of OIE Regional Commissions - APFS
• In collaboration with each relevant OIE Regional Representation, the OIE Regional Commissions can assist Veterinary Services to elaborate basic elements such as :– National sanitary standards for food production;– National standard for good animal farming
practices;– Legislation dedicated to Animal Production Food
Safety
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Activities of the OIE Regional Commission for the Middle East
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OIE ME Regional Commission - Presentation
New elected bureau – Paris May 2009
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Dr ZiadNamour(Syria)
Dr Ali Abdullah AlSahami (Oman)
Dr HamedSamaha( Egypt)
Dr. Kassem NasserAl-Qahtani
(Qatar)
Secretary2nd Vice President
1st Vice President
President
OIE ME Regional Commission - Activities• Work in close collaboration with the OIE Regional
Representation
• Regular meetings– Annual Bureau meeting during the OIE
General Session - Paris– Bi-annual Conference of the Commission in a
regional Member:
– 9th Conference 2007 – Damascus, Syria– 10th Conference 2009 – Doha, Qatar
– 11th Conference 2011 – Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Conferences of the OIE Regional Commission
• Discuss and analyse sanitary events in regional Members, exchange of information and adopt the recommendations
• Follow up recommendations ofConferences, seminars and workshop in collaboration with the OIE RegionalRepresentation
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10th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission –Doha, Qatar
• Technical Item 1:Capabilities of veterinary
laboratories in the region –Needs to improve animal disease diagnostic
• Technical Item 2: An approach to developing
coordinated and harmonised actions for the control of brucellosis
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Linked with APFS
Coordination with the OIE Regional Representation
• Validation of the annual work plan of theRegional Representation
• Establishment of priorities for the RegionalRepresentation, mainly in terms of capacitybuilding and information sharing
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Coordination with the OIE Regional Representation
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• Most OIE reference documents translated in Arabic language
• Facilitate the understanding of OIE standards and recommendations by animal health professionals from Middle East regional Members
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