Ceremony of "soft" inauguration of SESAME, 3rd of November 2008

      In a ceremony held under the auspices of H.M. King Abdullah II of Jordan and with the participation of H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Mohammad and Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO , the Jordanian Authorities officially handed over to SESAME the building which is to serve as the Centre's premises. The ceremony also marked the installation of the microtron, which provides the initial acceleration of the electron beam and injects it into the booster synchrotron, and part of the booster synchrotron, from which the beam will be injected into the SESAME storage ring itself, as well as components of several complete beamlines More

Speech by the Director of SESAME, Professor Khaled Toukan

Speech by the President of SESAME Council, Professor Herwig Schooper

Speech by the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura

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List of Participants

UNESCO Press Release