Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
Date: 27/11/2011
The 29th Meeting of Executive Committee of COMSTECH took place in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, on 25-26 November 2011. The meeting was inaugurated by the Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan and was attended by the Members of the Committee at the Ministerial level. Amb. Abdul Moiz Bokhari, Assistant Secretary General, in his address called upon the participants to prioritize various ongoing activities in the field of Science and Technology, Higher Education, Health and Environment. Recalling the recommendations of the Mid-term Review Meeting of the Ten Year Program of Action (TYPOA) and Vision 1441 H (Vision), he stressed the need to take stock of the projects which were facing impediments and recommended that the appropriate corrective measures be considered by the Committee. The Executive Committee Meeting was chaired by the Coordinator General, Prof Atta-ur-Rahman, who presented a detailed report on the activities of the COMSTECH and proposed a comprehensive roadmap for the future. The Meeting reviewed the progress of implementation of Vision and the TYPOA since its 14th General Assembly including the various resolutions of the Council of Foreign Ministers and Islamic Summit Conferences. It took a number of important decisions with a view to improving the implementation of recommendations and streamlining the ongoing activities in the domain of Science, Technology and Innovation. The Executive Committee also considered initiatives with a view to promoting and strengthening cooperation in the field of green technologies, and the Central Asia Cooperation Framework and agreed to closely monitor its implementation in collaboration with the OIC institutions.
