19/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - During its General Assembly on 9 and 10 June, the Association of Former Trainees of the European Institutions (ADEK) elected its new executive bureau, composed of Simone Ceramicola (Commission official), new Secretary General; Fréderic Riehl (Eurocontrol expert) who will be her deputy; Klaus Hullmann (European Parliament) the new treasurer; Monique Boury (barrister in Paris); Kris Pierre Litière (ADEK official, mainly for conferences); and Michel Quicheron (financial analyst). Special tribute was paid to Lucia Diton, who for the past nine years has been at the head of the Association's secretariat. (Address: ADEK, European Commission, DG Education and Culture, rue Belliard 100, Bureau 1/19-1/23, 1049 Brussels. Tel.: 299 0859; Fax: 299 1017; e-mail: adek@skynet.be.