By Hend GadAllah

Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Minister of Youth and Sports, participated in the main meetings of the Executive Office Board of Directors of the World Anti-Doping Agency as a member of the Agency’s Board of Directors, which were held in Canada.

The meeting discussed files related to the efforts made to combat doping, and evaluate the most prominent programs in the past period. What will be implemented and approved from the programs in the next phase will be within the framework of the International Agency “WADA” policy to raise awareness of the dangers and harms of doping and the application of mechanisms to confront them.

The meeting program also included electing the “WADA” president, as the current president, “Witold Banka,” was re-elected based on the confidence of the council members in the tangible role played by the president of the council in achieving the vision and strategy of “WADA” and the board of directors during the previous period.

He expressed his sincere wishes to the head of the International Anti-Doping Agency for discharging his duties and continuing the role of "WADA" in cooperation with local agencies in various countries stressing the relations between WADA and the Egyptian Anti-Doping Organization "NADO." Its positive impact on the level of anti-doping in the sports stadiums and competitions in Egypt will enrich knowledge among athletes of the dangers of doping and being aware of foods that contain a percentage of doping in the framework of public awareness for them.

He affirmed that Egypt continues to confront doping through permanent coordination between the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Egyptian Anti-Doping Organization and the implementation of specific programs and projects that achieve this approach according to the vision of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

This was concluded by a ceremony attended by the ambassadors of the countries of the Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, and Yemen, the President of the University of Ottawa, and the Dean of the College of Communications at the university. They honored Dr. Ashraf Sobhy looking forward to enhancing cooperation in the coming period, according to what was agreed upon during the talks held earlier between the two parties.

He thanked and appreciated the Egyptian ambassador and all members of the Egyptian mission in Canada for the warm reception during the visit and all the arrangements they made with the various Canadian authorities to implement the official visit program.