Day: 29 November 2017

A new Sporting Director was appointed by AS Monaco on Monday, November 27. Former Chelsea technical director, chief scout and assistant manager Michael Emenalo stepped down on November 6 amid reports of tensions between head coach Antonio Conte and the club’s hierarchy.

The 52-year-old played for Nigeria in the 1994 World Cup. Emenalo said on ASM’s website: “It’s a wonderful opportunity for me in such a high quality project. AS Monaco has shown a great evolution in the past few seasons and I am convinced that the club will keep being successful.

Vadim Vasilyev convinced me to join and I believe this is the right choice for me after my decision to leave Chelsea.”

Vasilyev, the club’s Vice-President said: “I have been following Michael Emenalo’s work for a long time and I am very happy to have him here after he chose to quit Chelsea.

“His know-how in scouting networks, as well as the technical skills he developed working in one of the most successful clubs in the world in the past few years, are the main reasons leading us to present him with our ambitious challenge. Through this appointment, it is a further sign that we are ambitious and competitive in our model.”

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The 34th Ministerial Conference of the International Organisation of La Francophonie was held in Paris on November 25 and 26 on the theme “New Economies: Blue Economy, Green Economy – New Drivers of Wealth Creation, social inclusion and sustainable development.”

This Conference was preceded on November 24 by a meeting of the Permanent Council of La Francophonie (CPF). The Ministerial Conference began with a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the terrible attacks in Mali and Egypt.

HE Mr Claude Cottalorda, Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco to France and Personal Representative of HSH the Sovereign Prince to the International Organisation of La Francophonie, referred to the total commitment of the Principality to the protection of the planet and, more particularly, of the seas and oceans.

On the first day of the conference, an extraordinary closed session on the violation of refugee rights in Libya was held between heads of delegation. After lively exchanges, the Ministers of the Member States recalled the importance of French-speaking values and adopted a Declaration on the theme “Migration and the protection of human rights against the threat of trafficking in human beings”.

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