Yemen's Undersecretary of the Ministry of Tourism for Arab and International Relations Dr. Sameer Al-Abdali said that his country was elected as Deputy Chairman of the Middle East Committee for Sustainable Tourism at the International Tourism Organization (ITO). In a statement to the Yemeni News Agency (SABA) carried today, Al-Abdali said the election came at the end of meetings of the 20th General Assembly of the ITO which was held from 24 - 29 August in the Republic of Zambia with the participation of delegates from 141 countries.