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WHO Secretary-General visits Israel |
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Dr. Margaret Chan, Secretary-General of the World Health Organisation, made an official visit in April to Israel. This visit was the first by any WHO secretary-general. Chan, has served as Secretary General since 2006, is now in her second term, which is due to end in June 2017.  An expert in infectious diseases, Chan was born in Hong Kong. She studied medicine at Canada’s University of Western Ontario and then joined the Hong Kong department of health in 1978. Chan served as Director of Health in the Hong Kong Government from 1994 to 2003 and for the UN organisation.
Hong Kong Jewish residents may be very familiar with Chan from the 1997 Avian influenza outbreak and the 2003 SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) crisis to hit the territory. Her profile was raised by her handling of both outbreaks. After the first victim of the H5N1, Chan first tried to reassure Hong Kong residents with infamous statements like, “I ate chicken last night” or “I eat chicken every day, don’t panic, everyone.” When many more H5N1 cases appeared, she was criticised for misleading the public. Although to her credit, in the end she was praised for helping bring the epidemic under control with the slaughter of 1.5 million chickens in the region in the face of stiff political opposition. Chan was accompanied to Israel by Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, and by Dr. Ala Alwan, who is a native of Iraq. Please login or register to see the full article |
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Rajasthan looking to tap agriculture tech expertise |
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Rajasthan’s Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has offered to create a special area for utilising Israel’s innovations. Minister Gehlot has just completed an extensive tour of Israel accompanied by his Energy Minister Jitendra Singh and several other senior officials, including Chief Secretary C K Mathew. “The experiment around creation of centres of excellence based on Israeli expertise in agriculture in the state has been a phenomenal success. We want to further deepen this engagement looking to utilise Israeli experience in other fields as well,” Gehlot told Press Times of India. Israel will become the third such country to be provided this special concession by Rajasthan, which has allocated land for promoting Japanese and South Korean technologies in Neemrana. “Given that local conditions in Rajasthan are quite identical to those in Israel and that there are many shared concerns, I think Rajasthan can benefit immensely from this engagement,” he added. Among the plans being discussed is the setting up of a water management institute, for which the state will provide the infrastructure and make the necessary investments. Several options are also being considered to boost the dairy sector in Rajasthan. Please login or register to see the full article |
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KKL-JNF regional director to visit Hong Kong |
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The Hong Kong Jewish community will soon have the opportunity to get to know Rob Schneider, Regional Director of Keren Kayemeth Le Israel – Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF). Schneider will be visiting Hong Kong to meet members of the community interested in helping to build-up support for this organisation, whose role in the international environmental arena is one of the “good news” stories coming out of Israel today.  He will be in Hong Kong from 28 June through to 3 July and will use the opportunity to meet Jewish community leaders and potential partners for some of KKL-JNF’s cuttingedge projects that have helped turn Israel green and benefitted countries far beyond Israel’s borders.
“Today, aside from looking after our heritage in Israel, KKL-JNF has become one of the world’s leading authorities in afforestation, water management and a variety of other areas that it shares with those who are interested in benefiting from its expertise” said Schneider, who has represented the organisation at the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in South Africa and also at the International Union of Forestry Research Organisation’s conference held in Australia. At a time when global warming is at the top of the world’s environmental agenda, he states that KKL-JNF has always been ahead of its time an example being the establishment of the largest man-made desert forest in the world in the Northern Negev, helping to reduce temperatures in the region. KKL-JNF is an observer member at the United Nations and a member of the International Arid Lands Consortium and shares its expertise with all countries willing to benefit from this. Please login or register to see the full article |
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Higher level government cooperation between Vietnam and Israel |
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In April, Vietnam’s Minister of Science and Technology, Nguyen Quan, and Israel’s Ambassador to Vietnam, Meirav Shahar, officially signed a protocol on establishing the governmental joint committee on economic, scientific and technological cooperation and other relevant fields. 
According to the protocol, the two parties will establish a governmental joint committee composing representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of Vietnam and Israel. it will be co-chaired by Ministry of Science and Technology (Vietnam) and Ministry of Economy (Israel). The objectives of the committee is to promote bilateral relations and cooperation. Particularly in trade, investment, finance and banking; science and technology, energy, agriculture and rural development. These are to be achieved through the implementation of agreed projects or programmes to be undertaken by the two countries, individually or jointly. Please login or register to see the full article |
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Business visas available in Myanmar |
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As of 1 February 2013, Israeli nationals travelling to Myanmar can now receive their business visas upon arrival, without having to visit an embassy prior to their trip.  In order to enjoy this simplified procedure, Israelis must land in Myanmar carrying the necessary documents and payment, and approach the “visa on arrival” desk at the airport.
According to Israel’s embassy officials, the on-arrival procedure for a business visa should not take more than a few minutes. The following documents must be included: a letter of invitation from a Myanmar company, the Myanmar company’s registration document and US dollars (clean and not folded or crumpled). Before your trip, always ensure you are up to date with the most current regulations and requirements. For full details, visit the website of Myanmar’s Embassy in Tel-Aviv. (Issue June 2013)
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