RESOLUTIONS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS

ADOPTED BY THE THIRTY-THIRD SESSION

OF THEISLAMIC CONFERENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS

 

(SESSION ON HARMONY OF RIGHTS, FREEDOMS AND JUSTICE)

 

 

BAKU –REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN

23 – 25 JUMADA  AL-AWWAL 1427H

19-21 JUNE, 2006

 

 

 

 

 Resolution No. 1/33-AF

on the Report of the 34th Session of the PFC and the Budgets of the General Secretariat and its subsidiary organs for the Financial Year 2006/2007.

 

 Resolution No. 2/33-AF

on amendments to the Financial Regulations of the OIC.

 

 Resolution No. 3/33-AF

on the New Scale of Member states’ Mandatory Contributions to the annual Budgets of the General Secretariat and its Subsidiary Organs.

 

Resolution No. 4/33-AF

on the final report of the Sixth Meeting of the open-ended Inter-governmental Group of Experts in charge of the Restructuring of the OIC General Secretariat and the Role assigned to it in facing up to the Challenges of the New Millennium

 

 Resolution No. 5/33-AF

on the election of the members of the Finance Organ Control

 

 

RESOLUTION No. 1/33-AF

 

on THE REPORT OF THE 34TH SESSION OF THE PFC

AND THE budgets of the General Secretariat and

its subsidiarY organs

 

 

The Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in its thirty-third session (Session of Harmony of Rights, Freedoms and Justice), held in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan from 23rd to 25th Jamad-ul-Awwal 1427H (19th – 21st June 2006),

 

Having considered the report of the 34th Session of the Permanent Finance Committee (PFC),

 

Having considered the budget proposals submitted by the General Secretariat and its subsidiary organs for the Financial Year 2006/2007;

 

Pursuant to the recommendations of the 34th Session of the Permanent Finance Committee on the budgets of the General Secretariat and the subsidiary organs for the financial year 2006/2007;

  1. Adopts the report of the 34th Session of the Permanent Finance Committee held in Jeddah from 15 to 17 Rabiul-Thani 1427H (13-15 May 2006).

  2. Adopts the budget of the General Secretariat and its subsidiary organs for the Financial Year 2006/2007 in accordance with financial rules and regulations of the OIC, and as follows:

 

a)            General Secretariat - 17,600,000 USD (an increase of 1,600,000 USD over the previous year).

 

b)            Islamic Fiqh Academy (IFA) - 2,100,000 USD (an increase of 250,000 USD over the previous year).

 

c)             Statistical, Economic, and Social Research and Training Center for Islamic Countries (SESRTCIC), Ankara - 2,250,000 USD (an increase of 250,000 USD over the previous year).

 

d)            Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Dhaka - 2,880,000 USD (an increase of 630,000 USD over the previous year).

 

e)             Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), Istanbul - 2,676,000 USD (an increase of 446,000 USD over the previous year).

 

f)              Islamic Center for Development of Trade (ICDT), Casablanca - 1,500,000 USD (an increase of 327,786 USD over the previous year).

 

 

  RESOLUTION No. 2/33-AF

 

on THE amendmentS to the FINANCIAL Regulations OF THE oic

 

 

The Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in its thirty-third session (Session of Harmony of Rights, Freedoms and Justice), held in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan from 23rd to 25th Jamad-ul-Awwal 1427H (19th – 21st June 2006),

 

Taking into consideration the recommendation of the 34th Session of the Permanent Finance Committee on proposed amendments to the Financial Regulations,

 

Adopts the amendments to the Financial Regulations of the OIC.

 

Requests the General Secretariat to finalize the issue of transitional period for the Budgets, which will start as of 1st July 2007, due to the proposed change of financial year to a calendar year, by presenting it to the meeting of the Inter-Governmental Group of Experts, to be held in the second half of the year 2006, on rationalization of the Agenda and the Resolutions of the Islamic Conferences.

 


 

  RESOLUTION No. 3/33-AF

 

on THE NEW SCALE OF MEMBER STATES’ MANDATORY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANNUAL BUDGETS OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT AND ITS SUBSIDIARY ORGANS

 

The Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in its thirty-third session (Session of Harmony of Rights, Freedoms and Justice), held in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan from 23rd to 25th Jamad-ul-Awwal 1427H (19th – 21st June 2006),

 

Recalling Resolution No. 2/31-AF adopted by the 31st Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers and the subsequent study prepared by SESRTCIC on the new scales of Member states’ mandatory contributions to the annual budgets of the OIC General Secretariat and its subsidiary organs,

 

Having taken cognizance of the single table of scale of Member states’ mandatory contributions presented by the General Secretariat of the OIC,

 

Adopts the following table as a new Scale of Member states’ mandatory Contributions to the annual budgets of the General Secretariat and its Subsidiary Organs (*) :

 

SN

MEMBER STATE

OLD SCALE (%)

NEW SCALE (%)

1.

Afghanistan

0.50

0.50

2.

Albania

0.50

0.50

3.

Algeria

3.50

3.00

4.

Azerbaijan

1.00

1.00

5.

Bahrain

1.00

1.00

6.

Bangladesh

1.50

1.00

7.

Benin

0.50

0.50

8.

Brunei

3.50

3.50

9.

Burkina Faso

0.50

0.50

10.

Cameroon

1.00

0.50

11.

Chad

0.50

0.50

12.

Comoros

0.50

0.50

13.

Djibouti

0.50

0.50

14.

Egypt

2.00

2.00

15.

Gabon

2.50

1.00

16.

Gambia

0.50

0.50

17.

Guinea

0.50

0.50

18.

Guinea Bissau

0.50

0.50

19.

Guyana

1.00

0.50

20.

Indonesia

3.50

3.50

21.

Iran

5.50

5.50

22.

Iraq

3.00

2.00

23.

Ivory Coast

1.00

1.00

24.

Jamahiriya

6.00

6.00

25.

Jordan

1.50

1.00

26.

Kazakhstan

1.00

1.00

27.

Kuwait

9.00

9.00

28.

Kyrgyzstan

0.50

0.50

29.

Lebanon

1.50

1.00

30.

Malaysia

3.50

5.00

31.

Maldives

0.50

0.50

32.

Mali

0.50

0.50

33.

Mauritania

0.50

0.50

34.

Morocco

2.00

2.00

35.

Mozambique

0.50

0.50

36.

Niger

0.50

0.50

37.

Nigeria

1.50

1.50

38.

Oman

2.00

2.00

39.

Pakistan

2.00

2.00

40.

Palestine (exempted)

 

 

41.

Qatar

3.50

3.50

42.

Saudi Arabia

10.00

10.00

43.

Senegal

1.00

1.00

44.

Sierra Leone

0.50

0.50

45.

Somalia

0.50

0.50

46.

Sudan

1.00

1.00

47.

Suriname

 

1.00

0.50

48.

Syria

1.50

1.50

49.

Tajikistan

0.50

0.50

50.

Togo

1.00

0.50

51.

Tunisia

1.50

1.50

52.

Turkey

4.00

5.00

53.

Turkmenistan

1.00

1.00

54.

Uganda

1.00

0.50

55.

United Arab Emirates

7.00

7.00

56.

Uzbekistan

1.00

1.00

57.

Republic of Yemen

1.00

0.50

 

T O T A L:

105%

100%

 

 

(*) - Takes note the reservation of Malaysia and the request of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as mentioned in the 34th Session of the PFC report. 


 

 RESOLUTION No. 4/33-AF

 

ON THE FINAL Report of the 6th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts in charge of the reform of the General Secretariat and the role assigned to it facing up to the challenges of the new Millennium

 

The Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in its thirty-third session (Session of Harmony of Rights, Freedoms and Justice), held in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan from 23rd to 25th Jamad-ul-Awwal 1427H (19th – 21st June 2006),

 

Recalling resolutions adopted by the Islamic Summit and Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers No. 5/27-ORG, No 2/9-AF(IS), No. 3/29-AF,  No. 5/30-AF,  No. 3/31-AF and 7/32-AF,

Having examined the final report of the 6th open-ended Inter-governmental Group of Experts (IGGE),

Approves the final report of the Sixth Meeting of the open-ended Inter-governmental Group of Experts in charge of the Restructuring of the OIC General Secretariat and the Role assigned to it in facing up to the Challenges of the New Millennium.

 

  RESOLUTION No. 5/33-AF

on THE ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE CONTROL ORGAN

 

 

The Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in its thirty-third session (Session of Harmony of Rights, Freedoms and Justice), held in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan from 23rd to 25th Jamad-ul-Awwal 1427H (19th – 21st June 2006),

 

Recalling the provisions of Articles 10.6 and 10.8 of the Financial Regulations of the Organization of the Islamic Conference which govern the establishment and composition of the Finance Control Organ that is comprised of the representatives from ten Member States. The host country as permanent membership and nine Member States to be appointed by the Conference, in accordance with the principle of geographical distribution and commitment to the settlement of the mandatory contribution, for three years, renewable. Each member state should nominate, for the Organ, a maximum of two members who should have to be highly experienced in this field;

 

Noting that the current mandate for the membership of the Finance Control Organ as appointed by the Thirty-first Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers which was held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey, from 26 to 28 Rabi-ul-Thani, 1425H (14-16 June, 2004), has expired;

            

Decides to appoint, in addition to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is a permanent member of the Finance Control Organ, the following nine Member States as the members of the Finance Control Organ for a period of three years, starting as of 1 July 2006 to December 31, 2008:

 

            1.  Algeria

            2.  Azerbaijan

            3.  Iran

            4.  Kuwait

            5.  Mali

            6.  Mozambique

            7.  Pakistan

            8.  Senegal

            9. Yemen