This annual meeting, held online in view of the current global health situation, was marked by the presentation and approval of the activities and financial reports of AMAN, as well as the Webmaster's report on the website of the Alliance and the Mednews newsletter.
The members also approved the decisions of the Board of Directors of the Alliance to renew the current presidency of AMAN (Fakhredine Beldi, director general of the Algerian news agency), and to extend the mandate of the Vice-Presidents and the Secretary General for one year.
In a speech on this occasion, the Secretary General of AMAN George Penintaex thanked the members for their participation and involvement, recalling the current health circumstances facing the world, and which have had a great impact on the work and functioning of news agencies and media in general.
He also recalled that the 29th AMAN General Assembly was to be hosted by the Croatian News Agency (HINA) in October 2021, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Board agreed to hold it online.
For his part, Tijani informed the participants that MAP has been chosen to host the 7th edition of the News Agencies World Congress (NAWC) in 2022 in Marrakech.