OIE Regional Commissions
The OIE has created five Regional Commissions to study specific problems encountered by Veterinary Services and to organise cooperation activities at regional level:
These Commissions cover the following regions:
Africa
Americas
Asia, Far East and Oceania
Europe
Middle East
A Regional Commission Conference is organised once every two years in one of the countries of the region. These conferences are devoted to technical items and to regional cooperation in the control of animal diseases.
Regional programmes may be developed to reinforce surveillance and control of major animal diseases, especially for regions where the OIE maintains a Regional or Sub-Regional Representation.
Regional Commissions report on their activities and submit recommendations to the International Committee.
In May 2009, elections for the Bureaux (President, Vice-President and Secretary General) of the Regional Commissions were held for a three-year term. The current composition of the Bureaux is as follows:
Africa
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President |
Vice-President |
Vice-President |
Secretary General |
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Dr William Olaho-Mukani (Uganda) |
Dr Daouda Bangoura (Guinea) |
Dr Mokhtar Fall (Mauritania) |
Americas
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President |
Vice-President |
Vice-President |
Secretary General |
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Dr Jamil Gomes de Souza |
Dr Emerio F. Serrano Ramírez |
Dr John Clifford |
Asia, Far East and Oceania
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President |
Vice-President |
Vice-President |
Secretary General |
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Dr Toshiro Kawashima (Japan) |
Dr Davinio Catbagan (Philippines) |
Dr Zhang Zhongqiu (People's Republic of China) |
Europe
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President |
Vice-President |
Vice-President |
Secretary General |
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Dr Nikola T. Belev |
Dr Patrick J. Rogan (Ireland) |
Dr Kazimieras Lukauskas (Lithuania) |
Dr Nihat Pakdil |
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President |
Vice-President |
Vice-President |
Secretary General |
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Dr Kassem Al-Qahtani |
Dr Hamed Samaha (Egypt) |
Dr Ali Abdullah Al-Sahmi (Oman) |
Dr Ziad Namour |
