Day: 15 December 2016

Thanks to the generosity of GEMLUC, the Monaco business group united in fighting cancer, which raised €150,000 during its “Euros of Hope” evening on October 13, Princess Grace Hospital has acquired very special coelio-3D surgical equipment.

Presented by Dr Maurice Chazal on Wednesday, December 14, in the presence of CHPG Director Patrick Bini, this state-of-the-art equipment will allow extremely precise surgical operations thanks to three-dimensional imaging and will be used in particular for cancer and gynecological surgery. It is, to date, the only item of 3D coelio-surgical equipment on the Côte d’Azur.

Three-dimensional imaging is suitable for surgical interventions requiring extreme precision and a very good perception of space. It also provides relief viewing and facilitates better eye-hand coordination, as well as enabling surgical procedures under laparoscopy to be performed with even more precision, speed and efficiency.

For the patient, too, the advantages of this advanced technology are multiple, often enabling surgery to be considerably less invasive.

On the afternoon of Thursday, December 15, Gilles Tonelli, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, received HE Mr Bassirou Sene, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Senegal, HE Mr Jorge Marcelo Faurie, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic and Ms Line Beauchamp, General Delegate of Quebec, who presented their Letters of Accreditation to HSH the Sovereign Prince in the morning.

An official lunch, chaired by Mr Tonelli, was held at the Hôtel Hermitage.

HE Mr Bassirou Sene joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1994 as a Counsellor. In 1998, he was appointed to the Embassy of Senegal in Ethiopia, and in 2004 he joined the office of the African Union as Counsellor in charge of political affairs. From 2008 to 2010, he served as Technical Advisor to the Cabinet of the Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, from 2014 onwards, as Ambassador of Senegal to Ethiopia and Switzerland.

HE Mr Jorge Marcelo Faurie entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1985, and was successively appointed Counsellor of Embassy, Head of the Political Section and then Head of Chancellery at the Argentine Embassy in Chile. He held, one after the other, the posts of Minister-Counsellor-Chancellery, Director of Mercosur, Chief of Staff of the Secretariat and National Director of Ceremonies. In 2000, he became Coordinator of Political Initiatives in the Provincial Government of Buenos Aires, before being appointed Ambassador of Argentina to Portugal and then to the General Directorate of Cultural Affairs.

Elected as a member of the Quebec National Assembly in 1998, Ms Beauchamp held important positions in the Government of Quebec. Appointed Minister of Culture and Communications in 2003, she became Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks in 2007, before being in charge of the Ministry of Education, Leisure and Sport from 2010 to 2012. She was appointed Deputy Premier of Quebec from 2011 to 2012. In 2013, Ms. Beauchamp worked in the private sector as a strategic advisor before being called upon to resume diplomatic responsibilities. She has been a representative of the Government of Quebec in the Permanent Delegation of Canada to UNESCO for two years.

During the presentation of the Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 12, Mrs. Valérie Bruell-Melchior, Minister-Counsellor, and Deputy Permanent Representative of Monaco to the United Nations, pointed out the close cooperation between the Principality and the IAEA.

While thanking the Director-General of the Agency, Mr Yukiya Amano, Monaco’s representative highlighted the Principality’s support for various IAEA health programmes, notably in the fight against cancer but also for those related to the development of scientific knowledge on ocean acidification.

Ms Bruell-Melchior also highlighted the international workshops specifically dedicated to the socio-economic impacts of ocean acidification organised in the Principality in collaboration with the IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories, which have taken place since 2010.

With their headquarters in Monaco, it should be noted that the Laboratories also host the International Oceanic Co-ordination Centre for Ocean Acidification. In her address, she highlighted the partnership between the Principality of Monaco, the IAEA and the Mediterranean Action Plan of the United Nations Environment Programme, which organise regional marine pollution prevention programmes.