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The Senegalese-Gambian Permanent Secretariat has officially changed its patron since July 12th. The outstanding class diplomat, Fodé Seck, former Senegalese ambassador to the United Nations inherits the post. Paul Badji, also diplomat, at the end of his career, serving in Banjul since 2015, permanent secretariat headquarters passed the witness, the day before yesterday, 5 months after the appointment of his replacement by President Macky Sall.
Ambassador Paul Badji, who has been in Banjul for more than two years, is now replaced by diplomat Fodé Seck, Senior Foreign Counsel, Class
. Formerly Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations Organization in New York since 2014.
Native of Ziguinchor, Fodé Seck, 68, holds a Master's degree in English from Cheikh Anta Diop University. Dakar officially took office yesterday to head this joint institution for a 3-year term. And intends to continue on the same footing as his predecessor who worked to strengthen the Banjul-Dakar axis with the institution now of a presidential council every 6 months. From a geopolitical point of view, it is a strong signal to give new impetus to the privileged relations between Senegal and Gambia. The headquarters of the Senegalese-Gambian Permanent Secretariat is located in Banjul.
His secretary has always been Senegalese, his deputy, Gambian.
It is composed of four commissions: infrastructure, culture, defense strategy and finally Commerce. In a state of lethargy since the break-up of the confederation between the two countries in 1988, Senegal and The Gambia decided to reactivate the Secretariat in 2006 in Dakar. As a reminder, the Senegalese-Gambian Permanent Secretariat was created in 1965 in Banjul, the year of independence of The Gambia, by the decision of two presidents of the time: Dawda Kairaba Jawara and President Léopold Sédar Senghor to strengthen the privileged relations between the two countries.
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