speech by CAF President

CAF Extraordinary General Assembly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cairo, 29 September 2016

 

 

 

–        The President of FIFA

 

–        The Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Egypt

 

–        Ladies and gentlemen, Members of FIFA Board

 

–        Secretary General of FIFA

 

–        Gentlemen of the CAF Executive Committee

 

–        The President of the Egyptian Football Association

 

–        Ladies and gentlemen, delegates to the General Assembly

 

–        Dear CAF partners

 

–        Ladies and gentle representing the media

 

–        Distinguished guests, in your respective titles and rangs

 

–        Ladies and Gentlemen

 

I wish, before all else, to do myself the pleasure of welcoming the President of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, who, in this capacity, is attending a CAF General Assembly Meeting on African soil for the first time.

 

Particularly, I wish to also welcome the Secretary General of FIFA, who, in this capacity, is also attending her first General Assembly meeting of CAF on this African soil where she was born.

 

To Egyptian officials, represented here by the Minister of Youth and Sports, and to the President of the Egyptian Football Association, our host, thank you for the loving words said about me, and for the concern that has been given to us all, up to this moment in Cairo, the city which also hosts the headquaters of the Confédération Africaine de Football.

 

Dear delegates,

 

That CAF has become a permanent institution, which will soon celebrate its 60th anniversary, is largely thanks to our various forms of sacrifices, from our predecessors and business partners who believed in us since many years ago.

 

Your availability is far from being the least of these sacrifices. Especially to one who knows the various solicitations, duties and responsibilities that are yours in …

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