The kick-off meeting of the WMO SDS-WAS Steering Committee was held in Amman, Jordan, on 6 and 7 November, in connection with the 1st Africa / Middle East Expert Meeting and Workshop on the Health Impact of Airborne Dust.
This Steering Committee will coordinate the SDS-WAS activity at the global scale. The kick-off meeting was attended by representatives of the three regional nodes and the WMO Secretariat. Mr. Enric Terradellas, Technical Director of the Regional Center for Northern Africa, Middle East and Europe, was elected chair for the next two years.
