6th AUSF General Assembly
SHENZHEN - According to the traditional Chinese calendar, in 2010, September 22nd has been the Mid-Autumn Festival, the equivalent of western world’s Thanksgiving Day, when families get together to celebrate the reunion. It is on this very date that 24 AUSF member countries and regions come all the way to Shenzhen, China for the General Assembly Meeting.
The highlight of the meeting, however, has been the general election and the admission of new members into AUSF. Three nations, namely Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, have officially become AUSF members, making the total number of enrollment 35.
India DelegatesThe three newly adopted members immediately fulfilled their duty in joining the vote for the general election of the new AUSF Executive Board. Mr. Zhang Xinsheng (CHN), the outgoing president is successfully re-elected for a second term of six years. Former vice-president, Mr. Al Hai Omar A. (UAE), highly acknowledged for his contribution in reaching out to the new territory, has been promoted to the position of senior vice-president. The two pools of vice-presidents, however, have proved to be highly competitive. After a lengthy and hard voting session, the posts were given to two new faces: Mr. Chen Kunning (TPE) and Mr. Chang Hosung (KOR). AUSF has shown its spirit of continuity in re-electing Mr. Seetow Cheng-Fave (SIN) as the treasurer, Mr. Kenny Chow (HKG) as the secretary-general, Mr. XUE Yanqing (CHN) as the vice secretary general, and Mr. Ha Wong-Yong (KOR) as the auditor. The four assessors came to Mr. Dorjsuren Jargalsaikhan (MGL), Mr. Hisato Igarashi (JPE), Mr. Talebpour Mahdi (IRI) and Mr. Prayoonpat Preecha (THA).
FISU President George E. Killian, along with FISU 1st Vice-President Claude-Louis Gallien, other FISU EC members also joined the meeting as observers, to witness the milestone moment in AUSF history. In his speech at the very start of the meeting, President Killian highly commented AUSF as a professional and effective continental organization, which set a role model for other organizations of such kind.
(Source: Niu Xiaomu)
FISU President Killian receives a AUSF souvenir from AUSF President Zhang
FISU SG/CEO Eric Saintrond
Cultural Program
