The organising committee chaired by Dr. Sarkis Fadous welcoming
the participants at the Metropolitan Hotel. |
Audience waiting at the ball room for the conference to start. |
Audience at the opening ceremony - Syrian delegation in the front. |
Keynote speakers at the opening session. |
Representative of the Lebanese President and Ministers at the opening. |
Dr. Sarkis Fadous, President of the Order of Lebanese Surveyors. |
President Holger Magel giving his opening address. |
President Magel and Yaacoub Saade and the new FIG flag produced
by the Order of Lebanese Surveyors. |
President Magel and Klaus Rürup and the conference map. |
Yaacoub Saade, Chair Elect of Commission 1 giving his presentation. |
President Fadous, Minister of Finance Mr F. Sanyoura and
President Magel opening the exhibition. |
Commercial exhibition was a big success - as empty as this only before
the opening in the morning. |
President Magel together with the Algerian delegation led by M. A.
Ben Issa, President of the Order of Algerian Surveyors and President
Fadous. |
President Magel had also discussions on the arrangements of the FIG
working week in Cairo in April together with Dr. Dalal S. Alnaggar
and Dr. Mohsen Badawy. |
Klaus Rürup and Dr. Dalal S. Alnaggar. |
Audience at the closing ceremony. |
President Magel giving his closing remarks. |
The recommendations and final statement of the conference were given by
Aziz Hilali, Vice President of the Arab Union of Surveyors. |
Aziz Hilali, Holger Magel and Sarkis Fadous waiting for Gen. Emile
Lahoud, President of the Republic of Lebanon. |
H. E. President Gen. Lahoud greeting presidents of FIG and AUS. |
... and delegations from the Arab countries. |
President Magel making his speech at the Presidential Palace. |
Group photograph after the reception with President Gen. Lahoud. |
President Magel given the FIG globe to Dr. Fadous. |
Conference cake. |
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The old town of Beirut has been rebuilt after the war in the pre-war
style. Lebanon just received an award from UN -Habitat in rebuilding the
country. |
President and Ansi Magel visited also a local surveying company (Ets
Melhem Osta) during their visit to Lebanon. |
Archaeological surveys in Baalbeck - Prof. Ritter from TU Gottbus with
his assistant and President Magel. |
Surveyor in his work. |
You cannot visit Lebanon without seeing the thousands of years old
cedars. |
The protected cider woods cover about 5 per cent of the area of Lebanon
- President Magel visited the Barouk Cedar Forest at Massief El Mir
Site. |
Typical lunch in Chouf in Lebanon ... no need to mention that the social
events were top throughout the conference. |
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