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July 26, 2007
WFD General Assembly - Madrid, Spain - July 15, 2007
On Sunday, July 15th, The World Federation of the Deaf, WFD, at its 17th Genaral Assembly in Madrid, Spain, unanimously re-elected Mr Markku Jokinen of Finland as President of the federation for the next four years.
81 members states were represented at the WFD General Assembly, which was the largest GA ever. The General Assembly approved changes to the WFD Statutes, and voted for the WFD’s legal seat to be in Helsinki, Finland. It also decided that the next WFD General Assembly and World Congress will be held in Durban, South Africa in July 2011.
http://www.wfdeaf.org/news.aspx#45
Posted by jicafriends at July 26, 2007 11:13 AM