Kuwait to host OIC 42nd session of the Council of Foreign Ministers

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Tuesday 26 May 2015 - 11:14 Makkah mean time-8-8-1436 Kuwait city, (IINA) - State of Kuwait will host the 42nd Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Corporation (OIC) entitled Joint Vision to Strengthen Tolerance and Reject Terrorism on 27-28 May. The conference will shed light on critical issues affecting the region and the Muslim world while the international and regional attention focus on the meeting outcomes and resolutions. The first day of the session will include speeches by Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, chair of the previous CFM Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir, and OIC Secretary General Iyad Madani. Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah will also be officially handed the chairmanship of the meeting from Saudi Arabia. The opening session will also witness the General Secretariat of the OIC honor the Emir of Kuwait with the title “Commander of Humanitarian Action” and Kuwait with the title of “Centre for Humanitarian Action.” Following the speeches and title honors, deliberations on the agenda shall begin. This includes adopting political, economic, social, cultural, information, humanitarian, science and technology resolutions, statutory and regulatory matters, and the OIC’s ten-year program of action. Political issues will include the situation in Palestine, Syria, Yemen, Libya and conflicts in the Muslim World as well as the fight against international terrorism, Islamophobia and blasphemy in addtiion to the situation of Muslim communities and minorities in non-member states. The OIC foreign ministers will also discuss the latest developments of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, with the OIC ministerial contact group on Myanmar to hold a meeting on the sidelines of the meeting. The OIC ministerial contact group on Mali shall also hold a meeting to discuss recent developments of the peace process in Mali. In the same context, the Ministerial Contact Group on Somalia will discuss Somalia situation and the support for development and reconstruction there. The agenda of the current CFM Session includes a brainstorming session to discuss ways to develop an effective strategy to combat terrorism, violent extremism and Islamophobia. SM/IINA