Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Ayman Ashour announced Tuesday that President of the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF) Amr Zakaria Hamouda had been named vice-chairman of UNESCO’s International Tsunami Early Warning Committee (IOC Tsunami).

This is the first time an African or Arab expert has held this position, the minister said in a statement.

Hamouda was elected unanimously by the member states from the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic region.

Source: State Information Service Egypt