FEI President HRH Princess Haya and Goodwill Ambassador to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) helped to open the 81st General Session of the World Assembly of OIE Delegates in Paris (FRA), which was attended by government representatives, animal health authority ministers and chief veterinary officers from 178 countries.

HRH Princess Haya was appointed to serve as the World Organisation for Animal Health’s first Goodwill Ambassador last September, to help raise worldwide awareness of its missions and activities.

After the inaugural address by OIE President, Dr Karin Schwabenbauer, HRH Princess Haya took the stand in a packed auditorium at the Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel and focussed on the importance of taking innovative action and finding sustainable solutions to human and animal health issues.

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