based Arab World Institute, Human Rights Council, UN Economic and Social Council, International Maritime Organization, Arab League Supreme Administrative Court, Arab Parliament Speaker, Asian Heavy Weight Lifting Union, and International Conference for Communications. The Council praised the performance of Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Atiyyah as Secretary General of the GCC over the past nine years, wishing him all the best and welcomed the Secretary General- designate of the GCC Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, wishing him every success. The Council appointed Hamad bin Rashed Al-Marri as Assistant Secretary General of the GCC for Legal Affairs for three years, effective April 1, 2011 and Khalid bin Salem Al-Ghassan as Assistant Secretary General for Cultural and Informational Affairs for three years, effective April 1, 2011, wishing them every success.