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AGENDA OF THE 33RD SESSION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS (Session on Harmony of Rights, Freedoms and Justice)
BAKU, REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN 23-25 JUMAD UL AWWAL 1427H (19-21 JUNE 2006)
OPENING SESSION:
1. Election of Chairman and other members of the Bureau. 2. Adoption of the Agenda. 3. Adoption of the Programme of Work.
(A) POLITICAL AFFAIRS:
4. The Cause of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict:
a) Development of Situation in Palestine and the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, comprising Al-Quds Funds and Bait Mal Al-Quds Agency. b) The Occupied Syrian Golan. c) Israel’s continued occupation of parts of Lebanon and detention of Lebanese citizens in its jails and detention camps. d) The current situation of the Peace Process in the Middle East.
5. Islamic Office for the Boycott of Israel. 6. The Situation in Iraq. 7. The Situation in Afghanistan. 8. The Situation in Somalia. 9. Rejection of American Unilateral Sanctions imposed on the Syrian Arab Republic. 10. The Situation in Cyprus. 11. Solidarity with the Republic of the Sudan. 12. The Jammu and Kashmir Dispute. 13. The Peace Process between India and Pakistan. 14. The Aggression of the Republic of Armenia on the Republic of Azerbaijan. 15. The Problem of Refugees in the Muslim World. 16. The Imposition of Unilateral Economic Sanctions on Member States. 17. Combating International Terrorism. 18. Security and Solidarity among Member States. 19. Situation in Cote d’Ivoire. 20. Reform of the United Nations and Expansion of UN Security Council’s Membership. 21. The Conference of 2005 on Review of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. 22. Establishment of Nuclear-weapons-free zones in the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and South-East Asia. 23. Strengthening of the security of non-nuclear weapon states against the use of the threat of use nuclear weapons 24. Cooperation by the Islamic Republic of Iran with IAEA. 25. Support of coordination and consultation among Member States to adopt a unified stand of Muslim States in international fora. 26. Cooperation between the organization of the Islamic Conference, international and regional organizations and other groupings. 27. Creation of a Mechanism for OIC-EU Dialogue. 28. Sponsoring the Children Victims of Tsunami. 29. The Dangerous Food Deficit in Niger. 30. The OIC Ten-year Programme of Action to meet the challenges facing the Muslim Ummah in the 21st Centrury adopted by the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference held in Makkah Al-Mukarramah in December, 2005. 31. Manifestations, Dimensions and Mechanisms of Confronting Islamophobia.
(B) ORGANIC, STATUTORY AND GENERAL QUESTIONS:
32. Requests for accession to the OIC as observer. 33. Candidacies for international positions. 34. Updating the Cooperation Agreement between the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the League of Arab States. 35. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the OIC and the office of the UN High representative for the Least Developed Countries, landlocked developing countries and small Island States 36. Application for affiliation with the Organization of the Islamic Conference. 37. The operationalization of the Executive Committee and Adoption of its Rules of Procedure.
(C) QUESTIONS OF MUSLIM COMMUNITIES AND MINORITIES:
38. The Situation of Muslim Communities and Minorities in non-OIC Member States. 39. The Question of Muslims in Southern Philippines. 40. Turkish Muslim Minority of Western Thrace, Greece. 41. The Situation of the Muslim Minority in Myanmar.
(D) LEGAL AFFAIRS:
42. The International Islamic Court of Justice. 43. Follow-up to the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam. 44. Coordination among the Member States in the field of Human Rights. 45. The signing/ratification of (accession to) the agreements concluded in the framework of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. 46. Convening of a United Nations Conference to define terrorism and distinguish it from peoples’ struggle for national liberation. 47. Follow-up to the Convention of the Organization of the Islamic Conference for combating international terrorism. 48. Legal issues on the Roadmap for the Implementation of the Ten- year Programme of Action.
(E) INFORMATION AFFAIRS:
49. Enhancing the role of information and communication in promoting the causes and image of Islam in the world through updating the Mechanisms for Implementing the Information Strategy of the Member States and the Islamic Information Plan. 50. Supporting the activities of specialized information institutions. 51. Contribution of the Member States to following up the results of the second phased of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) held in Tunis in 2005.
52. Economic Situation of the Member States. 53. Economic Problems of the Least Developed and Land-locked Member States. 54. Strengthening the multilateral trading system. 55. Supporting the reform of the International financial architecture. 56. Economic Problems of the Palestinian People in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, of the Syrian citizens in the Occupied Syrian Golan Heights and of the Lebanese citizens still living under Israeli occupation. 57. Economic and Social losses for Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as a result of the Security Council resolution Nos. 748/92 and 883/93. 58. Economic assistance to the State of Palestine. 59. Economic assistance to the Republic of Lebanon. 60. Economic assistance to the people of Afghanistan. 61. Economic assistance to the Republic of Azerbaijan. 62. Economic Assistance to the Republic of Guinea. 63. Economic assistance to Member States stricken by drought and natural calamities. 64. Economic assistance to Member States affected by regional war, civil insurgence, or political crises. 65. Economic assistance to Non-OIC countries and Muslim Communities. 66. Economic assistance to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. 67. The activities of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC). 68. Cooperation in the field of Tourism.
69. Activities of the OIC Subsidiary Organs active in the Economic and Trade fields. 70. Activities of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). 71. Activities of the OIC Affiliated Institutions active in the Economic and Trade fields. (Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry). 72. Establishment of an Islamic Common Market. 73. Promotion of Cooperation among the Stock Exchanges of OIC Countries. 74. Continuous assistance to the Sahelian Member States. 75. Cooperation in Energizing Trade and Investment in Cotton Sector. 76. Capacity building for poverty alleviation in the OIC Member States. 77. The World Fund for Solidarity and Poverty Eradication.
78. Science and Technology. 79. Activities of the Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH). 80. Activities of the Islamic University of Technology (IUT). 81. Environmental issues and the negative impact on the environment in Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories. 82. The OIC Task Force for Vision 1441. 83. The OIC Ten-Year Programme of Action to meet the challenges facing the Muslim Ummah and the 21st Century adopted by the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference held in Makkah Al-Mukarramah in December, 2005.
84. General Cultural Matters including ways and means of implementing the Cultural Strategy of the Islamic World; Cultural aspects of the Phenomenon of Globalization, the Universal Declaration on Dialogue among Civilization, activating and supporting the Tunis Peace Forum and its activities, the Unified Hijri Calendar for the beginnings of Lunar Months, Promoting Waqfs and their role in the development of the Islamic Societies and other similar subjects and the World Mosque Week. 85. Desecration of Islamic Sanctities and Values, to include such subjects as: the destruction of the Sacred Shrines, Mosques and Worship Houses in Iraq and Babri Mosque in India as well as the destruction of the Islamic Complex of Charar-e-Sharif Mosque in Kashmir and other Islamic Relics and Shrines in Azerbaijan and other similar subjects. 86. Resolutions on social matters, to include such subjects as: women, the child and youth. (a) Muslim Women and their role in the development of the Islamic Society. (b) Child care and protection in the Islamic World.
(c) Care of orphans and minors in Islamic States affected by wars and disaster. (d) Education and Rehabilitation of Muslim Youth. (e) Cooperation on combating illegal production, abuse, processing and trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances. (f) Cooperation among Member States in controlling epidemic diseases affecting man, fauna and the flora, and coordination among Member States to Combat avian influenza. (g) International cooperation on eradication of polio in OIC Member States. (h) Environment, sustainable development and ways and means of resolving problems relating to environment and health.
87. Islamic Universities: to cover matters relating to the Islamic Universities in Niger, Uganda, Malaysia, Bangladesh; also the proposed new building project and support for Zeitouna University in Tunis; and the extension of assistance to the King Faisal University in N’djamena. 88. Islamic Cultural Institutions and Centers: Regional Institute for Islamic Studies and Research in Timbuktu (Mali); Regional Institute for Complementary Education (Rice) (Islamabad, Pakistan); Islamic Centre in Guinea-Bissau; and the Islamic Institute of Translation in Khartoum (Sudan). Project for the Establishment of a World Islamic Authority for the Holy Quran.
89. PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS: (a) Twinning of Palestinian Universities, Schools, Kindergartens and Hospitals with similar institutions in the Member States. (b) Teaching the subjects of History and Geography of Palestine. (c) Educational situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and the occupied Syrian Golan. (d) Preservation of the Islamic character, human heritage, and to address the policy of judaization of the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. (e) Israeli aggressions against Islamic shrines in Al-Khaleel.
90. Activities of OIC organs and institutions involved in the cultural field: (a) SUBSIDIARY ORGANS: - The Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture; - The Islamic Fiqh Academy. - Islamic Solidarity Fund and its Waqf. (b) SPECIALIZED INSTITUTIONS: - Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. - Islamic Committee of the International Crescent. (c) AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS: - Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation. - World Federation of Arab Islamic International Schools. - Islamic Conference Youth Forum.
91. Islamic Dawa Activities and Committee for Coordination of Joint Islamic Action: (a) Dawa Activities and Coordination of Joint Islamic Action. (b) Strategy of Joint Islamic Action in the Field of Dawa and their Implementation Mechanisms. (c) Consideration of Challenges Facing the Islamic Ummah in the Twenty-first Century. (d) Educating pilgrims on the rites of Haj. (e) Holding seminars to promote the cultural image of Islam.
92. The OIC Ten-Year Programme of Action to meet the challenges facing the Muslim Ummah and the 21st Century adopted by the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference held in Makkah Al-Mukarramah in December, 2005.
(I) ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS:
93. Report and Recommendation of the Thirty-fourth Session of the Permanent Finance Committee. 94. Budgets of the General Secretariat of the OIC and its Subsidiary Organs for the financial year 2006/2007. 95. Amendments of the Financial Regulations of the OIC. 96. New Scale of Member States’ Mandatory Contributions to the Budgets of the General Secretariat of the OIC and its Subsidiary Organs. 97. Final Report of the 6th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts in Charge of the restructuring of the OIC General Secretariat and the Role Assigned to it in Facing up the Challenges of the New Millennium. 98. Election of the Members of the Finance Control Organ.
(J) SESSION FOR ANNOUNCING VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS IN FAVOUR OF THE ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY FUND.
(K) ANY OTHER BUSINESS.
(L) DATE AND VENUE OF THE 34TH SESSION OF THE ICFM.
(M) CLOSING SESSION:
ADOPTION OF FINAL REPORTS, RESOLUTIONS AND THE FINAL COMMUNIQUE.
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