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The Conference also congratulated HE Eng.
Eulogio Del Pino on his appointment as the
People’s Minister of Petroleum and Mining of
Venezuela, HE Eng. Carlos Pareja Yannuzzelli
on his appointment as Ecuador’s Minister of
Hydrocarbons, and HE Anas Khaled Al Saleh
on his appointment as Acting Minister of
Oil of the State of Kuwait. The Conference
thanked their predecessors in office for their
contribution to the work of the Organization.
In approving Indonesia’s resumption of
its full Membership in the Organization, the
Conference extended a warm welcome to its
Delegation, headed by HE Sudirman Said,
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of
Indonesia.
The Conference elected HE Dr. Mohammed
Bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and
Industry ofQatar, as President of theConference
for one year, with effect from 1st January 2016,
and HE Ali Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and
Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, as Alternate President, for the same
period.
The Conference considered the Secretary
General’s report, as well as the report of the
Economic CommissionBoard, whoseMembers
the Conference thanked for their efforts. The
Conference deliberated on the current status
of negotiations at the COP-21/CMP-11 United
Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris
and underscored the importance for all OPEC
Member Countries to be actively and positively
engaged in the negotiations. It stressed that
climate change, environmental protection and
sustainable development are a major concern
for us all. The Conference emphasized the