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Director General Official Visit to Monaco, 12-14 July 2010

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano paid his first official visit to Monaco from 12-14 July 2010. Seen here at the Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco, the Director General discussed the Agency's work to combat cancer in low- and middle-income countries with staff from the hospital. (Photo: D. Sacchetti/IAEA)As part of his personal commitment to focus on the IAEA's cancer control work, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano took the opportunity to review the cancer treatment facilities available to the Monagesque population. The Director General and Massoud Samiei, Director, IAEA Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) (right), reviewed the hospital's radiotherapy and nuclear medicine wings. (Photo: D. Sacchetti/IAEA)In Monaco, Massoud Samiei, Director, IAEA Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT), graciously accepted a donation of #8364;175 000 to fund the Agency's work to assist Niger in establishing a national cancer control programme. Mr. Samiei (seated left) and Mr. Frank Biancheri, Government Counsellor for External Relations and International Financial Affairs of Monaco, signed the agreement in the presence of IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano and H.S.H. Prince Albert. (Photo: D. Sacchetti/IAEA)Since 2008, Monaco has been an energetic supporter of the IAEA Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT), committing #8364;50 000 each year to fund training and education for cancer control across French-speaking Africa. The Niger donation will be used to support expert missions and human resource training. The projects will center upon the establishment of the National Radiotherapy Centre in Niger's capital, Niamey. (Photo: D. Sacchetti/IAEA)After a meeting with H.S.H. Prince Albert, the IAEA delegation was given a tour of the Prince's Palace of Monaco. Here IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano and Mrs. Amano have a discussion with Ambassador Claude Giordan. (Photo: D. Sacchetti/IAEA)IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano discussed his focus on cancer control and the Agency's activities at the Monaco Environmental Laboratory with local journalists. (Photo: D. Sacchetti/IAEA)At the Monaco laboratories, portraits of IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano and previous Directors General of the IAEA hang in the lobby. (Photo: D. Sacchetti/IAEA)IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano and H.S.H. Prince Albert paid a visit to the Monaco laboratories, where they were welcomed by Maria Betti, Director of the Environment Laboratories at Monaco. The laboratory and the Principality of Monaco have a long history of cooperation in the research of marine life and the environment. (Photo: D. Sacchetti/IAEA)To conclude the trip, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano and his wife were accompanied by Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Hitachi of Japan at the opening of Japanese art exhibition, 'Kyoto-Tokyo: From the Samurai to Mangas' at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. (Photo: D. Sacchetti/IAEA)
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