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The meeting was attended by His Excellency Lieutenant General Abdulla Khalifa Al Marri,
Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police; H.E. Ghanim Mubarak Al Hajeri; H.E. Omar Obaid
AlHesan AlShamsi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; H.E. Mubarak Al
Nakhi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture; His Excellency Khalid Mohamed Al
Nuaimi, Director-General of the Federal Youth Authority; His Excellency Faris Al Mutawa;
H.E. Sheikh Suhail bin Butti Al Maktoum, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of
Sports for the Sports Development and Competitiveness Sector; His Excellency Dr.
Hussain Abdulrahman Al Rand, Assistant Undersecretary for the Public Health Sector at
the Ministry of Health and Prevention; Her Excellency Ameena Al Saleh, Acting Assistant

Undersecretary of Curriculum and Assessment at the Ministry of Education ; H.E. Amani
Khaled Al Banai, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Higher Education and
Scientific Research for the Support Services Sector; H.E. Mohammed Fadhil Al Hamli,
Chairman of the UAE Paralympics Committee; H.E. Aref Al Awani, General Secretary of
the Abu Dhabi Sports Council; H.E. Saeed Hareb, Secretary General of the Dubai Sports
Council; His Excellency Mohammed Obaid Al Hosan Al Shamsi, Secretary-General of the
Sharjah Sports Council ; H.E. Ahmed Al Raisi, Director of the Office of His Highness the
Chairman of the Executive Council of the Government of Ajman; and H.E. Ahmed Yousef
Al Nuaimi, Director General of Customer Happiness Centres at the Executive Council of
the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.

The Sports Coordination Council makes constant efforts to align and integrate strategies,
policies and programmes of the sports sector, further enhancing the UAE’s global sporting
competitiveness, supporting various community sport programmes, proposing necessary
solutions and recommendations, coordinating and combining efforts among entities that
are relevant to developing sports in the UAE, working towards hosting major sporting
events, and achieving sustainability in the sports sector. The Council also contributes to
implementing initiatives and sporting programmes that have the potential to build and
enhance the skills of Emirati athletes and prepare specialised national talents capable of
elevating the national sporting landscape.

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