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Al-Ahram Weekly 29 July - 4 August 1999 Issue No. 440 
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Al-Ahram Weekly 29 July - 4 August 1999 Issue No. 440
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Egypt Region International Economy Opinion Culture Profile Travel Living Sports Time Out Chronicles People Cartoons Letters Envoy shuffle
THIS WEEK President Hosni Mubarak ratified a new ambassadorial shuffle naming new ambassadors to 15 of Egypt's diplomatic missions overseas including such key posts as Washington and the UN Geneva headquarters.Nabil Fahmi, the head of Egypt's diplomatic mission in Tokyo who was recently nominated to the UN Geneva headquarters, will go to Washington to replace renowned diplomat Ahmed Maher.
Ambassador Fayza Abul-Naga, deputy assistant to the foreign minister for African Affairs, will go to the UN headquarters in Geneva.
More posts went to women diplomats in this shake up: Na'ila Gabr, assistant to the foreign minister for human rights, will go to South Africa and Dawlat Hassan, assistant to the foreign minister for economic affairs, will go to Portugal.
Active role
SYRIA has urged the United States to play an active role in reviving Syrian-Israeli peace talks and not limit itself to stressing the necessity of peace. The state-run radio, reflecting the official Damascus policy, said on Tuesday that Washington must affirm facts about the peace process and called on Israel to commit itself to a pledge given by assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to withdraw fully from the Golan Heights, Reuters reported.The commentary coincided with US President Bill Clinton urging Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad to seize the moment of opportunity to reach a peace agreement with Israel.
Mission ended
A UN DISARMAMENT team left Baghdad yesterday after destroying a UN laboratory which contained small samples of VX nerve gas and other toxic materials. The seven vials of VX nerve gas were the centre of a row in the Security Council between Russia and other permanent members.Russia failed in its week-long attempt to have the samples preserved and analysed, suggesting that the UN Special Commission on dismantling Iraqi weapons (UNSCOM) might have daubed VX on Iraqi missile warheads to fabricate evidence against Baghdad.
