H.E. Maged George, Minister of state for environmental affairs, met with our council members over an early dinner held at Conrad Hotel in Conrad Ballroom on the 14th of November 2005. It was extensively covered by all means of media & press. It was honored by the attendance of H.E. Dr. Essam Sharaf “Minister of Transportation” , H.E. Dr. Osman Mohamed Osman “Minister of Planning” , H.E. Mr. Adly Hussein Governor of Kalyobia, H.E. Dr. Mamdouh El Beltaguy “Ministry of Youth” , H.E. Mr. Martin Kobler “German Ambassador”, Mr. Nikolay Rakovskiy “Counselor of Russian Embassy”, H.E. Hitler Tantawy “Former Chairman of Administrative Control Authority”, H.E. Dr. Ahmed Abdel Fatah Moussa “Minister of Education”, H.E. Mr. Fouad Sultan “Former Minister of Tourism”, H.E. Gamal El Nazer “Chairman of Egyptian Businessmen Association”, and H.E. Philip Mackinnon “Canadian Ambassador”, in addition to 200 prominent Members and Guests. H.E. discussed the Seven Main challenges facing the ministry with regard to environment, announced that he signed an agreement with the Canadian ambassador upon request of the ministry about the recycling of agricultural wastes. H.E. then mentioned 2 major projects that are in the process of being implemented by the ministry.