In sight of Christmas and the New Year I would like to express my warmest wishes for good health, happiness and prosperity for all Hellenes around the world and carry our homeland in their hearts.
At the end of each year we usually look back to our accomplishments and plan our future steps. These days the World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) reaches its 10th year of creative course. With the agreement of all the political power in Greece, we have achieved the unity of all organized bodies of Ecumenical Hellenism. Our main focus was to unite the creative forces of the Hellenic Diaspora and to work for the preservation and promotion of Hellenism and Orthodoxy around the world. 
During our ten-year course we have proved that SAE has the ability to implement realistic goals. We have listened our brothers and sisters in the countries of the Black Sea, the Balkans, Africa and Latin America and have made efforts to solve their serious problems.
We have achieved so many things in these past years. Our work is known and we have so much more to offer if we believe in our power and work in unity and mutual understanding. We will continue to promote in our host countries Hellenic culture and contemporary Greece, and we will work for the promotion of the Greek Language and the strengthening of relations between our host countries and Greece. 
We strongly believe that the new Enabling Law for SAE will express for once more the support of the Hellenic State, in order to be able to expand and further develop our future activities and plans.
I wish you all Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

Andrew A. Athens
SAE President